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    Roll-over crash claims life

    Posted on July 21, 2021

    Desmond “Roscoe” Ellis was well known locally for his passion for trucks and the kindness he showed to all. Referring to him as “the GOAT” (greatest of all time), his friends and family shared this photo of Ellis posing with a goat, which he posted on Instagram.

    Friends and family are grieving the loss of 31-year-old Desmond “Roscoe” Ellis following a fatal late-night crash over the weekend.

    Ellis and Tyler Stokes, both of Perry, were traveling east on U.S. Highway 98 at approximately 2:30 a.m. early Saturday morning when the silver Ford pick-up driven by Stokes reportedly traveled off the roadway onto the south shoulder.

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