Funeral services will be Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 3 PM at Biggs Funeral Home chapel in Lumberton, NC, with the Pastor Tim Gore. Interment will follow at New Hollywood Cemetery in Lumberton, NC. The family will receive friends Saturday, April 18, 2015, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Biggs Funeral Home
Surviving are two sons; Allen Ellis of Fayetteville, NC, and Michael Ellis of Corpus Christi, TX; one daughter, Carolyn Stafford of Fayetteville, NC; one grandson, Joshua Ellis of Corpus Christi, TX; one granddaughter, Carmen Stafford of Fayetteville, NC; one great-grandson Elias Grimsley, of Fayetteville, NC; two sisters, Renate Bühnemann of Germany, and Christel Evans of Savannah, GA.
