Donna Ellis

Gaffney, SC - - Donna Jean Coyle Ellis, 75, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 1, 2026 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Born in Gaffney, she was the widow of the late James Edward Ellis and daughter of the late Elbert Coyle and Shirley Yvonne Brown Humphries and stepdaughter of the late Lewis Mitchell Humphries.  She was a graduate of Gaffney High School, a homemaker, and a member of Grassy Pond Baptist Church.  She loved her family and was a wonderful wife and mother.

Surviving is a son, Troy Lémon Ellis of Gaffney.

All services will be private for the family.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Shriner Children's Hospital, 950 West Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605 or Grassy Pond Baptist Church, 254 Grassy Pond Road, Gaffney, SC 29341 or St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.

The family will be at their respective homes.

An online guest register is available at www.blakelyfuneralhome.com

Blakely Funeral Home & Crematory, Gaffney, SC