INEZ ELLIS WAS BORN IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA ON AUGUST 22, 1928 TO THE LATE MINNIE AND HORACE REED. AT AN EARLY AGE, INEZ RELOCATED TO BALTIMORE, MARYLAND TO LIVE WITH HER LATE UNCLE AND AUNT, DAVE AND ROSA CANTY. IN BALTIMORE, INEZ WORKED AT THE REGAL LAUNDRY AND LATER AS A DOMESTIC PROVIDING HOUSEKEEPING AND CHILDCARE SERVICES TO SEVERAL FAMILIES. SHE FORMED A DEEP BOND WITH THE CORNBRO0KS FAMILY.

IN 1952 SHE MET AND MARRIED WILLIAM ELLIS, A CAREER SOLDIER, WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED BY HER BROTHER, LEROY REED AND SISTER, LOTTIE CARROLL. INEZ, WHO WAS LOVINGLY CALLED SISTER OR SIS, WAS THE PROUD MOTHER OF SONS CHARLES, WHO BEFORE HIS DEATH IN 2012, WAS ALWAYS THERE TO SUPPORT HER IN ANYWAY THAT WAS NEEDED AND ANTONIO "Tony" WHO STOOD HER SIDE AND HELPED HER IN MANY WAYS.

INEZ, WHO ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS HER.LORD AND SAVIOR AT AN EARLY AGE, WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF FIRST MOUNT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NURSE'S GUILD, FLOWER CIRCLE AND FOOD PANTRY. SHE WAS A FAITHFUL SUPPORTER OF THE CHURCH'S ANNUAL BABY CONTEST. EVEN, AS SHE DEVELOPED SOME MOBILITY CHALLENGES, SHE WOULD JOURNEY TO CHURCH TO HELP ORGANIZE AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO THE NEEDY.

SHE WAS A WONDERFUL COOK WHOSE DELICIOUS SWEET POTATO PIES WERE ENJOYED AT NUMEROUS FAMILY GATHERINGS AND HER CHURCH. To THE DELIGHT OF HER NIECE, UNA, SHE WOULD OFTEN PREPARE BLACK-EYE PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY AND GREENS FOR FAMILY DINNERS. INEZ WAS A STRONG, HARD-WORKING, INDEPENDENT WOMAN WHO WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. IF SHE SAW THAT HELP WAS NEEDED, SHE WOULD NOT HESITATE TO PROVIDE A HAND. SHE WAS A LOVING PERSON WHO ENJOYED LAUGHING.

SIS WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY SON, ANTONIO ]ONES AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, JANET JONES; GRANDDAUGHTERS, LATOYA JONES, LAUREN JONES AND SHAREESE JONES; GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, SANAI WOOTEN; NIECE, UNA KING AND NEPHEW, CHARLES CARROLL; DEVOTED COUSINS, CAROLYN AND KAREN JASMIN AND KIMBERLY EDRINGTON AND NUMEROUS GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND COUSINS.

NEZZIE, AS SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED BY NANCY CORNBRO0KS, WILL ALSO BE MISSED BY NANCY AND HER FAMILY.