This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, Damian Ellison who was born on August 16, 1983 and passed away on November 28, 2010. He is loved and cherished and we will remember him forever.

Damian Jarreau Ellison, 27, of Detroit Michigan, died tragically in his home on November 28 2010. Born August 16 1983, he was the youngest of two sons born to Joseph and JoAnn Ellison. 

Damian attended Detroit Public Schools and graduated from Cass Technical High School in 2001. 

A consummate athlete from an early age, Damian excelled in soccer, basketball, and baseball. He was awarded a full athletic scholarship to Howard University where he attended in a pre-physical therapy program until the abrupt cessation of the school's baseball program. Transferring to Alabama A & M University (located just outside of Huntsville in Normal, AL.) the following year, Damian continued his studies and his baseball career until his graduation.

With a keen interest in science, Damian enrolled in an accelerated doctoral program at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. He successfully completed a three-year program which included 40 weeks of clinical internships, and was awarded a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) in August 2010.

Deeply spiritual, Damian believed in prayer, volunteerism, and living for others and not for self. He was known to quote Martin Luther King, Jr. in stating "Service is the rent you pay for the space you occupy''.
Preceded in death by a loving grandfather, Sylvester and a brother, Jason, Damian is survived by his mother JoAnn Ellison ; a grandmother Leila ; 1 brother Richard Anderson ; aunts Mae Wilson (Kenneth) Dorothy Anderson, Sylvia Ellison, Janet Anderson-Davis (EIvin); uncles Raymond Anderson (Karen), Johnny Ellison, Greg Ellison, and Carl Ellison, as well as a host of other loving relatives and friends.

His memory will be forever cherished.