Rev. Sammie Ruth Ellis

Rev. Sammie Ruth Ellis, age 73, of Lindale, Texas, and formerly of White Settlement, Texas, passed away on August 19, 2025, after a brief illness. She was born September 16, 1951, at Harris Hospital in Fort Worth to the late Coy & Ruth Radford Ellis. She was raised in Irving, Texas and graduated from MacArthur High School in 1969. She then moved to Fort Worth where she graduated from Texas Wesleyan University in 1972 with a BA with a double major in psychology and sociology. In 1973 Sammie moved to Dallas to Perkins School of Theology on the SMU campus. She graduated with a Masters of Theology degree in 1977. While in seminary, Sammie completed an internship at First UMC in Pineville, LA. After graduation, Sammie went on to serve as Pastor of churches in the Northwest Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church and in the West Ohio Conference, East Ohio Conference, and a final year as Chaplain at Landsun Homes in Carlsbad, NM in the New Mexico Annual Conference. Sammie was very active in the Emmaus Communities in six geographical communities. She served as the Spiritual Director of the Western Reserve Emmaus Community while living in Bedford, OH. In 1998, Sammie was selected for the Harry Denman Evangelism Award in the Northwest Texas Conference for having added 26 new members to the Lakeview UMC in Dalhart, TX that year. In 1989 Sammie moved back to Fort Worth to take her chaplaincy training at Harris Hospital where she was born. She was later endorsed by the United Methodist Church as a Chaplain in the General Hospital setting and in Hospice. Sammie retired from active ministry in 2013 after 37.25 years as an ordained pastor. She had the distinction of being in the first class of Elder ordinands to include women in the Northwest Texas Conference. Sammie moved from Fort Worth to Lindale, TX on 2/1/2024 and became an active member of LifeSource Community Church in Lindale. Sammie is survived by her siblings: Mary (Bobby) Wright, Duane (Marsha) Ellis, and David (Vickie) Ellis as well as many nieces and nephews. Sammie was preceded in death by her parents, Coy and Ruth Ellis. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Monday, August 25, 2025 at the Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Funeral Home Chapel in Lindale with Pastor David Hicks officiating. Family will receive friends from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. prior to the service. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Ft. Worth.

Rev. Sammie Ruth Ellis

September 16, 1951 - August 19, 2025