Graveside service for former Fletcher resident Melvin C. Ellis, Sr., 79, Wichita, Kansas will be at 1:00 P M Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Fletcher Cemetery with Jim Hall, minister at Fletcher Christian Church officiating. Mr. Ellis died Monday, December 10, 2012 in Wichita. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 5-8 pm at the funeral home. He was born April 16, 1933 in Apache to Erastus and Hazel (Ahlwardt) Ellis. Mr. Ellis retired from Civil Service at Fort Sill on November 18, 1986 after almost thirty years of service. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Nancy and Jim Burgett, Wichita, Kansas, son Melvin "Carl" Ellis, Jr., Fletcher, seven grandchildren and their spouses, Jon and Paula Burgett and Brandon and Cailea Burgett, all of Wichita, Sarah Whigham, Laurel, Mississippi, Carl Ellis, Hanna City, Illinois, Crystina Ellis and Cari Ellis, both of Canton, Illinois and C.J. Ellis, Fletcher. He is also survived by seven great grandchildren, Jayden Canary, Gavin Burgett, Grayson Burgett, Austan Burgett, Brody Burgett, William Flynn and Isabella Whigham and many cousins, nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, Bill, Floyd, Walter and Gerald Ellis and two sisters, Velma Mae and Vera Loraine.