Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Ellett was largely raised in Texas.
from the University of Utah, and worked as a teacher and an accountant before receiving his law degree from Blackstone College of Law in Chicago, and gaining admission to the bar in 1930.
On January 6, 1967, Governor Cal Rampton appointed Ellett to a seat on the Utah Supreme Court vacated by the death of Roger I.
[1][2][3] Ellett was married twice, first to Florence Rowe of Spanish Fork from August 20, 1924, until her death on January 5, 1975, and then to Miriam Parker, on December 27, 1975.
Ellett died at Salt Lake City hospital following a heart attack.