Keswick, Virginia
1940 - 2025
U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Selby "Tim" Ellis III passed away peacefully at home in Keswick, Virginia, on July 30, 2025 at the age of 85. Judge Ellis was born on May 15, 1940 in Bogotá, Colombia. His family lived abroad in locations throughout Central and South America, returning to the...
Read MoreI'm so sorry to read of Tim´s passing, Becky. Please accept my deepest condolences. I´ll always treasure our chats in the park while the bassets played - those memories will always stay with me.
Sean Smith
September 11, 2025 | Friend
My sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of Judge Ellis. He was truly a caring, gracious and terrifying judge. I mean that in the nicest way. I started out as a new young practitioner in front of him and he taught me well, rules of courtroom presence, decorum and brevity. I remember one particular sentencing when I had mistakenly assumed the hearing was set for 2:00 (all previous hearings had been at 2:00, but I didn´t know that all sentencings were set for the morning docket). When...
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August 07, 2025 | Work
Although I met and spoke with Judge Ellis only several times, I remember him as a very gentle and compassionate soul. Our daughter Erica clerked for Judge Ellis for 19 years and I recall a picture of her with a message below which said when she first began to infinite !
M. Gill Petri
August 04, 2025 | Family
Tim was a special friend of ours for 30 years. We especially enjoyed his humor and when he and Becky sailed the Potomac and the Chesapeake with us on Mindanao 2&3. What memories we made! He was a wonderful man and a special friend.
Judy Getz Buzzell
August 03, 2025 | Friend
Tim gave me one of greatest compliments I ever received. So proud to have known him. RIP Judge Ellis
Pat boschen
August 03, 2025
