His services are Thursday, Feb 2, 2023, at Harmony Community Baptist Church, 10701 E. Boulder Dr, Apache Junction, AZ 85120.
Viewing will be at 1:00 PM with Service at 2:00 PM, followed by a reception. There will be a private burial Friday at Valley of the Sun Cemetery in Chandler, AZ.
Melvin was born in Pioche, Nevada on July 9, 1935. He was an avid outdoorsman, Hunter and Fisherman all his life and loved to work with rocks and lapidary equipment. Melvin was a Heavy Weight Boxer in High School. He started out at 16 working in a foundry in Wallace, ID. He moved to Arizona and started working at Magma Copper in the mines. He married his high school sweetheart Anita Louise Culp in San Manuel, AZ on July 16,1954. He worked as a Train Engineer for Magma Copper for quite a few years.
He followed his Lord’s leading and was Ordained into the Ministry in 1964. He Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Grand Canyon College in Phoenix, AZ in 1965, and a Master of Divinity from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary in 1969. Melvin and his wife Anita served the Lord faithfully over 50 years as a Baptist Minister in small churches all over Arizona. He built two homes and the First Baptist Church in St. Johns, AZ.
Melvin is preceded in death by his loving wife of 61 years Anita Louise (Culp) Ellsworth, Father Joseph Hyrum Ellsworth, Mother Iona (Patten) Ellsworth, Brothers Franklin Don & Phillip Lynn, Sister Myrna Martin, Son in Law Richard Arlen Spear, & Grandson Joshua A. Ellsworth. He is survived by his children, Barbara Louise Spear, Rory Melvin Ellsworth, Rose Marie (Stephen) Bates, and adopted son Ignacio (Manuela) Miguel-Gaspar, His 15 Grandchildren, 24 Great Grandchildren, 2 Great-Great Grandchildren, and multiple Foster and Adopted Children and Grandchildren of the Heart.
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