Todd W. Ellis has lived in Muleshoe, Texas all of his life. He grew up in a family owned Funeral Business established in 1959 when his parents Frank H. Ellis and Sally Ellis moved to Muleshoe to take over the management of the Funeral Home there. Todd graduated from Muleshoe High School. He attended South Plains College and West Texas State University before obtaining a Mortuary Science degree from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science. Todd became a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer in 1984. Todd and his wife Starla became owners in Ellis Funeral Home Inc. and Ellis and Sons Inc. in 1988. Todd is a past president of the Panhandle Funeral Directors Assn. and was selected the Panhandle Funeral Director of the year in 1998-1999. He has also served on the Texas Funeral Directors Assn. Board in Austin, Texas. Todd also served a term as the Vice President of the Texas Funeral Directors Services Inc. Board. He currently serves on TFDA’s Disaster Committee.
Todd served his County as Justice Of The Peace in Bailey County for Eighteen years. He served his Country as Commander of The National Disaster Medical Systems Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team in Region VI of the United States for 12 years and has been active in working disasters in the United States since 1993.
Todd is a member of the First Baptist Church in Muleshoe and the Muleshoe Rotary Club.
Todd and his wife Starla have dedicated their lives to continuing the family tradition of service to the Families of Muleshoe, Morton, Earth, Sudan, and the surrounding areas.