Ella Mae Nunn was born on May 18, 1966 at Christian Welfare Hospital in East St. Louis, Illinois to the late Elise Clara Lee Stewart and James Arthur Sherrill.

Ella Nunn accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior, testified to receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit and was baptized. She accepted Christ at the Church of Jesus Christ in East St. Louis in her younger days. Later on in life, she joined Christ United Missionary Baptist Church in East St. Louis, Illinois.

Ella Nunn went to Hawthorne Elementary School in East St. Louis, Illinois and graduated from Graham Nelly School in Centreville, Illinois. Ella enjoyed dancing and smiling. She loved her family. She was not a stranger to anyone.

Ella Nunn was united in holy matrimony to the late Henry Nunn in February of 1995.

On May 4, 2026, at 7:25 a.m., Ella Nunn was called home to be with her three sisters, Karen Danyus, Corrine Newton, and Janie Mae Mullins.

She leaves to cherish her memory seven sisters, Dorothy (Chris) Wallace and Mary Newton, both of Tacoma, Washington, Diane Blair of Sacramento, CA, Sherry Sherrill of Tacoma, Washington, Bernadine Overstreet and  Bernadette Fant, both of East St. Louis, Illinois, Carla Sherrill of Norfolk, VA; six brothers, Otha (Julia) Newton of Norfolk, VA, Isiah Newton of Collinsville, Illinois, Clarence Newton of Belleville, Illinois, Bernard Fant and Arthur Sherrill both of East St. Louis, Illinois, and John Sherrill of Tacoma, Washington; brother-in-law, Donald Danyus and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives.