Sydney Alison Ellington, age 17, died on September 23, 2002, in San Antonio, Texas. Sydney was a senior at Clark High School, editor for the school newspaper, Manager for the Junior Volley Ball Girls team, involved in the Art Club and Girls Basketball and Track. She is survived by her parents, mother, Roberta Ross Ellington, and father, James Sidney Ellington and wife, Dolly Jean Ellington; maternal grandparents, Robert and Jane Ross of Jacksonville, NC; uncles, Bobby Ross and wife, Trixie of Burlington, KY, and Mark Rodney Ellington and wife, Kathy; aunts, Mary Thompson and husband, Mark of Ft. Wayne, IN and Michele Norton; cousins, Stephen Snead of Ft. Wayne, IN, Robert and Conner of Burlington, KY, and Chad of Raleigh, NC; and her dog, Abby. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Bexar County, 307 West Jones Avenue, San Antonio, Texas 78215-1405.