Richard Wright “Dick” Ellison II

Richard Wright “Dick” Ellison II, 86, of Rosebud, died Thursday, May 16, 2019, at a Rosebud Nursing Home. Memorial services will be held on Friday, June 14, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Cook-Gerngross-Green-Patterson Funeral Home in Rosebud. Mr. Ellison was born Feb. 27, 1933, in Cameron to Carlton Wright and Jacque Jean Jackson Ellison. He lived in the Rosebud area all of his life. He graduated from Rosebud High School and from Baylor University in 1966. He was a rancher. He is survived by two sons, Wright Ellison and wife Carolyn of Rosebud, and Mark Ellison and wife Claudia of Austin; one daughter, Dana Ellison of Rosebud; three step-children, Christopher Metz and wife Kim of Lorena, Jennifer Metz Franklin, and Jimmy Howerton and wife Ashley of Atlanta, Ga.; one brother, James Lucian Ellison of Mexia; 10 grandchildren, Brent, Amber, Sam, Ilana, Danny, David, Cass, Christan, Brooke, and Zach; 13 greatgrandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a great-grandchild, Kaisley Blaine Lehoski.