December 17, 1931 – August 23, 2023
Joe Elliott passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, in Friendswood, Texas. He was born in Hampton, Virginia to Harry and Rebecca Elliott. He graduated from Hampton High School and one of his proudest moments was being on the football team that won the 1948 Virginia state championship. After high school he worked as a draftsman for the Newport News Shipbuilding company then joined the Army and was stationed in Germany. After his discharge, he entered the machinist apprentice program at Langley Field Virginia for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the precursor to NASA. He married Patricia Booker (Rand) and had three children, Susan Gail Elliott (Pryor), Joseph Cary Elliott and Elizabeth Ann Elliott (Vera). The family was transferred to Texas in January 1962 as part of the NASA relocation and settled in Friendswood, Texas that same year. In 1973, he married Dorothy (Dottie) Gallagher. Joe finished his NASA career in 1987 as Chief, Machine Branch, Technical Services Division. Shortly thereafter, he worked as a commercial real estate appraiser with Jim Baker at Grow Interests. Joe and Dottie retired to Livingston, Texas and loved living on the lake. He enjoyed traveling with Dottie, bowling, gardening and was also a volunteer for CASA. They returned to Friendswood in 2019.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife Dottie and sister Jackie (Elliott) Wilson. He is survived by his sister, Nancy Forrest of Hampton, Virginia; his children, Susan Elliott Pryor and husband Mike, Joseph C. Elliott and wife Pam, Elizabeth Elliott Vera and husband Ramon; his stepchildren, Delinda Lynn, Robert “Bobby” Lewis, Shawn Gruss; 8 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 11:00 A.M. at Friendswood Methodist Church, 110 N. Friendswood Dr., Friendswood, Texas 77546.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, a memorial contribution be made in Joe’s memory to the Brookwood Community (brookwoodcommunity.org).
2 thoughts on “Joe Johnson Elliott”
I met Joe at Friendwood Methodist when we moved here 2 years ago. He sat behind us each Sunday and was a bright spot in my life each week. He was always happy to see me and made my family and myself feel special as new comers. I loved hearing about his beloved wife and kids of whom he was so proud. Mr. Joe will be greatly missed by me and my family.
Thank you for your sweet and thoughtful words regarding our dad. We will surely miss him too.
Kind regards,
Susan, Jody and Elizabeth (his children)