Floral Attendants Family and Friends

Casket Attendants Family and Friends

Acknowledgments The family of Reverend William Anthony Ellis, sincerely

appreciate the many deeds of kindness and the words of sympathy shown to them during this period of

bereavement. May God forever bless and keep you in his tender care

~The Family

Do all things decently and in order.

Chesterfield · Cheraw · Pageland, SC

www.flemmingfunerals.com ~

Charlotte, NC www.jamesflemmingfuneraldirector.com

Green, New London, CT; step-mother, Ruby Ellis, Landis, NC; godchildren, Calrico Miller, Pageland, SC and Zion Miller, Jefferson, SC; brothers from another mother, Kelvin Miller, Jefferson, SC, Rev. Marty Quick, Jefferson, SC and Reno Watson, Ocala, FL; a host of aunts, uncles nieces, nephews, cousins, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, friends, brothers and sisters in the ministry. In addition to his father, Jessie Ellis, he was preceded in death by his grandmothers, Overseer Bonnie Louallen, Minister Shenandoah Raley; paternal grandparents, George Ellis and Omma Lee Green.

Celebration of Life for

Reverend William Anthony Ellis

Friday, May 31, 2019

Two o’clock in the afternoon

Pageland Community Center 1113 West McGregor Street

Pageland, South Carolina 29728 The Reverend Eugene Newman,

Officiating

Order of Service

The Prelude The Processional Selection “Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand” Scripture Readings: Old Testament, Ecclesiastes 3:1-4 Reverend M. Diana Charles New Testament, II Timothy 4:6-8 Reverend Marty Quick Prayer of Comfort Reverend James Williams Selection Mt. Hebron A.M.E. Zion Church Remarks (Two minutes please)

Church Mr. Jonny Drake

Family Ms. Aster Truesdale

Community Mr. Andre Singleton

Work Mr. Bill Yost

Clergy Reverend Bessie Simmons

Selection Mt. Hebron A.M.E. Zion Church

Resolution Reverend Darlene Stuckey, Pee Dee Conference Assistant Secretary

Reverend Ronald Gaines, Jefferson/Pageland Ministerial Alliance

Selection Joseph Truesdale & Tiffany Ellerbe Mt. Hebron A.M.E. Zion Church

Words of Comfort Reverend Daron Robinson Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Pageland, SC

Selection Mt. Hebron A.M.E. Zion Church

The Funeral Director’s Brief

The Recessional The Postlude

Service of Committal and Interment

Morning Star Holiness Church Cemetery Jefferson, South Carolina

His Journey Just Begun

Don’t think of him as gone away his journey’s just begun.

Life holds so many facets, this earth is only one.

Just think of him as resting

from the sorrows and the tears in a place of warmth and comfort

where there are no days and no years.

Think how he must be wishing that we could know today,

how nothing but our sadness can really pass away.

And think of him as living

in the hearts of those he touched. For nothing loved is ever lost,

And he was loved so much.

Love, Your Family

Obituary

Reverend William Anthony Ellis

Reverend William Anthony Ellis, son of Loves Bonnie Ellis and the late Jessie William Ellis was born on September 30, 1970 in Pageland, South Carolina. He departed this earthly life on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at Carolina Pines Medical Center in Hartsville, South Carolina. Reverend Ellis attended the Chesterfield County Public School system in his early life then later moved to New London, Connecticut where he graduated from New London High School. He served in the National Guard from 1993 until 1999. Reverend Ellis was employed with Conbraco Industries in Pageland, South Carolina for nineteen years. He enjoyed coach-ing at local schools and working as a referee and umpire for the Pageland Recreational Department. Through this ministry, he was able to minister to a lot of different people of all ethnicities. He was an avid horse rider, he loved to fish, hunt and enjoyed being around his family. At an early age, Reverend Ellis joined Morning Star Holiness Church in Jefferson, South Carolina. Later, he joined Angelus Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church and he was called into the ministry under the leadership of Reverend Bessie Simmons. On December 9, 2000, he preached his trial sermon entitled, “Lord What Will You Have Me To Do” from the book of Act chapter 9. He worked tirelessly in the Master’s vineyard preaching and teaching the Word of God. In November 2004, God elevated Reverend Ellis to become the pastor of Poplar Hill A.M.E. Zion Church, Pageland, South Carolina. In November 2008, he was blessed to return home and he became the pastor of Angelus Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church, Jefferson, South Carolina. God moved him in November 2016 to become the pastor of “224”, Mt. Hebron A.M.E. Zion Church, Cheraw, South Carolina where he continued to serve faithfully. He was united in Holy Matrimony to Dorshelle Miller on May 15, 1999. There union was blessed with two children. He leaves to cherish fond memories: his loving wife, Dorshelle; children, Tyresha and Tevin of the home; mother, Loves Ellis, Monroe, NC; brothers, Keith Ellis, Jefferson, SC, Gregory Ellis, Boone, NC and Justin Ellis, New London, CT; sisters, Dedra Ellis, Salisbury, NC, Donna Spencer, Charlotte, NC and Jessica