Evelyn Whitney Ellison, age 92, passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2017. Evelyn was born on April 12, 1925 in Waterloo, Iowa to Herbert C. and Carolyn Zeigler Whitney, and moved to Tallahassee in 1939. She loved fishing, tennis, traveling in their RV with her husband Ernie and especially St. Teresa Beach and her Pelicans.She is preceded in death by her parents, sisters Irene Whitney (Block) Smith, Loucile Ella Whitney, and sister in law Sara Ellison (Eugene) Dunaway.She is survived by her husband of 71 years, O. Ernest Ellison, Jr, daughter Sharon Ellison Johnson, son Ernest Whitney (Lea Ann) Ellison, all of Tallahassee: her sister Suzanne Shaw of St. Augustine, sister in law Eva Ann (Don) Belcher, Bainbridge. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Samuel Ellison (Candace) Johnson, Little Rock Arkansas, Sarah Kathryn Ellison and Elizabeth Whitney Ellison of Tallahassee, and great-granddaughter, Ellison Nicole Johnson. Visitation will be held on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 10:00 am at Culley's MeadowWood Funeral Home on Riggins Road with service and reception to follow at 11:00 am.In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Big Bend Hospice, Inc., 1723 Mahan Center Blvd, Tallahassee, Florida 32308