Mark A. Ellmore, Jr. was born January 1958 and grew up on a farm in Covington, Indiana. His father was a farmer and volunteer fireman for Covington Fire Department in Fountain County, Indiana. His mother was an elementary school teacher and homemaker.
The youngest of three children, Ellmore worked on the family farm since age 11. He made elementary school history by bringing a chipmunk, against his parent’s direct order, to school. The chipmunk escaped its’ box, bit three children, caused a teacher to faint and then the chipmunk promptly died of a heart attack. His parents had to send the chipmunk to Chicago for an autopsy to determine whether the chipmunk had rabies. Perhaps his parent’s form of solitary confinement had a direct influence on his decision to become an attorney!
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A high school Bi-County Football All Star for two years, he was also an active member of the basketball team and a member of the National Honor Society. After graduation in 1976, Mr. Ellmore attended undergraduate school at David Lipscomb College. While a student there, he met and married the former Sue Ellen Hardaway, a Nashville native. After earning his law degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, the couple returned to Tennessee to make their home. Mr. Ellmore has been in solo practice since 1988. The Ellmores have three children: Adam (23), Katie (21) and Diane (18). Life doesn’t get any better than this – unless it’s grandchildren.