Bruce Parker Ellen Sr.

Retired Pulp and Paper Executive EVANS, Ga.- Bruce Parker Ellen, Sr. entered into rest on February 13, 2004, at his residence in Evans, at the age of 88 years. Mr. Ellen was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Frances Mease Ellen, and is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Bruce P. Ellen, II and Margaret P. Ellen, and a daughter, Melinda E. Bowline, all of Augusta; five grandchildren, Charles Bruce Church, Sharpsburg, Ga., David Morgan Church, St. Augustine, Fla., Laura Bowline Johnson, Roatan, Honduras, Bruce Parker Ellen, III, Alpharetta, Ga. and Elizabeth Anne Ellen, Augusta; and one great-grandchild, Hannah Elizabeth Church, Sharpsburg, Ga. Mr. Ellen was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina on March 29, 1915. He attended Mars Hill College and was graduated from North Carolina State University with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering . He began a 40-year career in the pulp and paper industry with Champion Paper Company in Canton, N.C. Durin g World War II he served as a pilot with the Costal Air Patrol, flying submarine watches off the North Carolina Coast. After World War II, Mr. Ellen was employed by Continental Can Corporation , Port Wentworth, Ga. as production superintendent. He left Continental Can in 1961 to go with Southern Land, Timber and Pulp Co., to assist in the design and construction of a new mill in Cedar Springs, Ga. and eventually became President of the company ( renamed Great Southern Paper Co.). He was also named Vice President of Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.,the parent company. In addition to his duties at Great Southern he served as president of a coal company in Jasper, Ala., a railroad in Jakin, Ga., and wood related companies in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. He was a founding director of the Central Bank of Dothan, Ala. where he resided at the time, and served on boards of other businesses in the United States and Central America. He was a registered professional engineer in the states of Georg ia and Florida. Mr. Ellen retired from Great Northern Nekoosa, now part of Georgia Pacific Corporation in 1980, and moved to the Augusta area to be near his children and grandchildren. In 1985 he was named Alumnus of the Year by Mars Hill College in N.C. A boater, pilot and golfer, Mr. Ellen enjoyed an active life, his family, his church, and his associations at Brandon Wilde, where he resided for the past eight years. Arrangements are incomplete at this time, but if so desired memorials may be made to the Faith Building Fund of Wesley United Methodist Church 825 North Belair Road, Evans, GA 30809. Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors 214 Davis Road, Augusta, GA 30907 Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com