ELLIS RITCHIE HUNTER Ellis Ritchie "Puddin" Hunter was born in San Antonio, Texas on July 3, 1954 to James Glendon Hunter and Jesselynn Iris Ritchie. Ellis passed away in a Dallas, Texas hospital on February 20, 2013. He moved to Kaufman, Texas in 1974. Ellis worked twenty-three years for the Dallas Independant School District as Director of Maintenance Services and retired in 1999. He was a member of the Dallas Utilities Bass Club and in high school and college he loved to bull ride. Ellis is survived by his daughters: Crystal Ewing of Kaufman and Kelley Wilson of Forney, grandchildren: Hannah Ewing, Heather Ewing, Madelyn Wilson and Jacob Wilson, mother: Jesselynn Hunter of Hondo, brothers: Montie Hunter of Devine and Laurence Hunter of San Antonio, sister: Iris Schuh of LaCoste, best friend and former wife: Mary Gibson of Balch Springs and many other relatives and friends. In lieu of flowers the family has requested memorials be the American Cancer Society.