Ophelia Angela Thomas Ellis has the unique honor to have lived in three different centuries. She was born in 1899 and died in 2004, her life having spanned three centuries.
At a special birthday celebration on her 100th birthday in 1999, Ophelia said she no special formula living for 100 years, “Just keep the faith, and be ready when the Lord calls,” she said “I’m going to hang in there”, she added, “I was born in 1899. The 21st century is less than seven months away, and I want to say that I lived during three centuries.” And she met that goal.
She was born in Trigg County, Kentucky on June 20, 1899. As she put it, “…one of fifteen babies” born to William Henry and Martha Tinsley Thomas. Twelve of those grew to adulthood.
Ophelia married Lester Perry Ellis of adjoining Christian County, where they settled and raised a family of four. She was 73 old when she joined the Thomas-Bridges Association as a charter member. She attended most, if not all the reunions and was honored as the oldest person present at several reunions. She was also a charter member of the James Thomas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Trigg County, Kentucky.
Ophelia died on July 30, 2004 in Cadiz, Kentucky at the age 105. She outlived her husband by 52 years. Lester Perry Ellis preceded her in death on July 10, 1952. Both of them are buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
(Upon the completion of the above article, it came to my attention that May Harris Gray, featured in another article below dated October 15, 2020 also lived in three centuries. May was born in 1896 and died in 2005.)
THE LINEAGE:
(Ophelia Thomas Ellis was the daughter of William Henry and Martha Ellen Tinsley Thomas and the granddaughter of Stanley and Emily Ann Light Thomas. Stanley was the second child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas. Mary was the seventh child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
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