George H.W. Bush's sister, Nancy Ellis, dies of COVID-19 complications at 94

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Nancy Bush Ellis was known as a liberal Democrat but still helped campaign for her brother and nephew.

, her family told TODAY in a statement. Her symptoms resolved in a few days, but her health was already failing, they said.

For much of her life, Nancy Ellis was a Democrat focused on anti-poverty, environmental issues and working with theBut she also helped campaign for her brother when he entered the Republican presidential primary in 1979, and she did the same for her nephew when he ran for governor of Texas in 1994 and for president in 2000, theNancy Walker Bush Ellis attends the 2014 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award Ceremony at The John F.

"She told her kids that if any of them beat her in tennis, she would pay them like $5 or something, and none of them ever could," Jenna chuckled. Nancy Ellis married her husband, Alexander Ellis Jr., in 1946 and raised her four children in Concord, Massachusetts. When her nephew George W. Bush was attending Harvard, she had weekly lunches with him.

She's survived by her three sons, Alexander Ellis III, John Prescott Ellis and Josiah Wear Ellis; her only daughter, Nancy Walker Ellis Black; her nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and brother Jonathan James Bush, according to the Times.

 

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Sorry for your loss JennaBushHager

Very sad. Prayers to the whole family.

Very sorry

Praying for the Bush family.🙏🏼

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