Scott Ellison, 48, died on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence.
Born May 18, 1967, in Manning, "Teakie" was a son of the late Rev. Flemming Jessie Ellison and Ertha Mae McBride Ellison. He attended the public schools of Clarendon County and was a 1985 graduate of Manning High School. He began his career in law enforcement with the South Carolina Department of Corrections in 1995. He was employed at the Turbeville and Wateree Correctional Institutions, the Clarendon County Sheriff's Office, and was serving as resource officer at Manning Elementary School at the time of his death.
He was a member of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Manning.
Survivors are Renia Pringle Ellison Pineville; two sisters, Betty (Billie) White of Manning and Jessie Lee Coard of Summerton; two brothers, Ezekiel (Betty) Ellison and George Ellison of Manning; two stepdaughters, Lakesha Pringle and Shana Middleton of Pineville; three aunts, Phyllis E. Walker, Norvelle Ellison and Rhonda Jones; two uncles, Bennie McConnico and James Ellison; four step-grandsons; three brothers-in-law; seven sisters-in-law; and a special friend, Bertie Carter of Manning.
Celebratory services for Scott Ellison will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at Manning High School, 2155 Paxville Highway in Manning, with the Rev. Jonathan Anderson presiding, the Rev. Jonathan Mouzon as eulogist, and the Rev. Sam Livingston, the Rev. Elouise Pompey and the Rev. Lee Shaw assisting.
Burial will follow in Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church cemetery, 705 W. Huggins St. in Manning.
Officer Ellison will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time.
Online memorials may be left for the family at samuelsfuneralhome.com.
The family will receive friends at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Billie White, 1822 Kingstree Highway in Manning.
These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.
