An editor of Outdoor Life magazine from 1956-1974, Elliot was also the outdoors columnist at the Atlanta Constitution, and through 1987 for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
But millions know him as “Mark Trail” — Elliot’s life was the model for the comic strip character created by Ed Dodd (John Wayt was the physical model). Previously, Elliott was a Georgia state forest ranger, then a U.S. forest ranger. He died May 1 from cancer and heart problems at age 93.