OBITUARY: Wilson Daily Times, 28 December 2015
Carrie E. Ellis, 99, a lifelong believer, Jesus Christ was Carrie’s first love. She has fought the good fight and has kept the faith which has sustained her throughout her life. Now, her race is finished.
As a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she nurtured, provided, counseled, and prayed without ceasing for her husband, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Next to her love for Jesus, she loved them most of all.
She was the eldest of nine children. She loved her family, both her own and her husband’s, more than words can even express. After the loss of her brothers and sisters and her husband’s brothers and sisters, she became chief motivator and encourager to numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins and is commonly referred to by them as “saint.”
Carrie was a faithful and loyal member of Good News Advent Church. She taught Sunday school for decades and the children who she taught still consider her the best teacher ever. She loved her church and her church family with her whole heart and they loved her back.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Mark Leslie and Margaret Woodard Ellis; her true love, helpmate and husband, Herbert Hickman Ellis Sr.; her only beloved son, Herbert H. “Herbie” Ellis Jr.; two grandsons, Jay Ellis Womble and Travis Cobb Ellis; a great-granddaughter, Zoey Jane Pittman; all of her brothers and sisters; and her husband’s brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her three daughters, Margaret Rosalie Ellis of Tarboro, Glendy Ellis Gregory, and her husband, Preston Gregory, of Wilson, Beth Ellis Pittman, and her husband, Steve Pittman, of Macclesfield; a daughter-in-law, Lois Cobb Ellis of Wilson; six grandsons, Wornell Gregory, Brian L. Ellis, Bryan K. Ellis, Austin Pittman, Kyle Ellis and Jordan Pittman; three granddaughters, Lisa Webb, Dawn Lashley and Carrie Williamson; 12 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Well done, thy good and faithful servant.
Her visitation will be held Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Good News Advent Christian Church, 6990 Good News Church Road in Stantonsburg and at other times in the home at 1857 Webbs Lake Road in Macclesfield.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the church with burial to follow in Good News Advent Christian Church Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Thomas-Yelverton at Evergreen, 2704 Nash St., in Wilson. Condolences may be sent to www.thomasyelverton.
Carrie E. Ellis, 99, a lifelong believer, Jesus Christ was Carrie’s first love. She has fought the good fight and has kept the faith which has sustained her throughout her life. Now, her race is finished.
As a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she nurtured, provided, counseled, and prayed without ceasing for her husband, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Next to her love for Jesus, she loved them most of all.
She was the eldest of nine children. She loved her family, both her own and her husband’s, more than words can even express. After the loss of her brothers and sisters and her husband’s brothers and sisters, she became chief motivator and encourager to numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins and is commonly referred to by them as “saint.”
Carrie was a faithful and loyal member of Good News Advent Church. She taught Sunday school for decades and the children who she taught still consider her the best teacher ever. She loved her church and her church family with her whole heart and they loved her back.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Mark Leslie and Margaret Woodard Ellis; her true love, helpmate and husband, Herbert Hickman Ellis Sr.; her only beloved son, Herbert H. “Herbie” Ellis Jr.; two grandsons, Jay Ellis Womble and Travis Cobb Ellis; a great-granddaughter, Zoey Jane Pittman; all of her brothers and sisters; and her husband’s brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her three daughters, Margaret Rosalie Ellis of Tarboro, Glendy Ellis Gregory, and her husband, Preston Gregory, of Wilson, Beth Ellis Pittman, and her husband, Steve Pittman, of Macclesfield; a daughter-in-law, Lois Cobb Ellis of Wilson; six grandsons, Wornell Gregory, Brian L. Ellis, Bryan K. Ellis, Austin Pittman, Kyle Ellis and Jordan Pittman; three granddaughters, Lisa Webb, Dawn Lashley and Carrie Williamson; 12 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Well done, thy good and faithful servant.
Her visitation will be held Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Good News Advent Christian Church, 6990 Good News Church Road in Stantonsburg and at other times in the home at 1857 Webbs Lake Road in Macclesfield.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the church with burial to follow in Good News Advent Christian Church Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Thomas-Yelverton at Evergreen, 2704 Nash St., in Wilson. Condolences may be sent to www.thomasyelverton.
OBITUARY: Wilson Daily Times, 28 December 2015
Carrie E. Ellis, 99, a lifelong believer, Jesus Christ was Carrie’s first love. She has fought the good fight and has kept the faith which has sustained her throughout her life. Now, her race is finished.
As a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she nurtured, provided, counseled, and prayed without ceasing for her husband, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Next to her love for Jesus, she loved them most of all.
She was the eldest of nine children. She loved her family, both her own and her husband’s, more than words can even express. After the loss of her brothers and sisters and her husband’s brothers and sisters, she became chief motivator and encourager to numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins and is commonly referred to by them as “saint.”
Carrie was a faithful and loyal member of Good News Advent Church. She taught Sunday school for decades and the children who she taught still consider her the best teacher ever. She loved her church and her church family with her whole heart and they loved her back.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Mark Leslie and Margaret Woodard Ellis; her true love, helpmate and husband, Herbert Hickman Ellis Sr.; her only beloved son, Herbert H. “Herbie” Ellis Jr.; two grandsons, Jay Ellis Womble and Travis Cobb Ellis; a great-granddaughter, Zoey Jane Pittman; all of her brothers and sisters; and her husband’s brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her three daughters, Margaret Rosalie Ellis of Tarboro, Glendy Ellis Gregory, and her husband, Preston Gregory, of Wilson, Beth Ellis Pittman, and her husband, Steve Pittman, of Macclesfield; a daughter-in-law, Lois Cobb Ellis of Wilson; six grandsons, Wornell Gregory, Brian L. Ellis, Bryan K. Ellis, Austin Pittman, Kyle Ellis and Jordan Pittman; three granddaughters, Lisa Webb, Dawn Lashley and Carrie Williamson; 12 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Well done, thy good and faithful servant.
Her visitation will be held Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Good News Advent Christian Church, 6990 Good News Church Road in Stantonsburg and at other times in the home at 1857 Webbs Lake Road in Macclesfield.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the church with burial to follow in Good News Advent Christian Church Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Thomas-Yelverton at Evergreen, 2704 Nash St., in Wilson. Condolences may be sent to www.thomasyelverton.
Carrie E. Ellis, 99, a lifelong believer, Jesus Christ was Carrie’s first love. She has fought the good fight and has kept the faith which has sustained her throughout her life. Now, her race is finished.
As a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she nurtured, provided, counseled, and prayed without ceasing for her husband, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Next to her love for Jesus, she loved them most of all.
She was the eldest of nine children. She loved her family, both her own and her husband’s, more than words can even express. After the loss of her brothers and sisters and her husband’s brothers and sisters, she became chief motivator and encourager to numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins and is commonly referred to by them as “saint.”
Carrie was a faithful and loyal member of Good News Advent Church. She taught Sunday school for decades and the children who she taught still consider her the best teacher ever. She loved her church and her church family with her whole heart and they loved her back.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Mark Leslie and Margaret Woodard Ellis; her true love, helpmate and husband, Herbert Hickman Ellis Sr.; her only beloved son, Herbert H. “Herbie” Ellis Jr.; two grandsons, Jay Ellis Womble and Travis Cobb Ellis; a great-granddaughter, Zoey Jane Pittman; all of her brothers and sisters; and her husband’s brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her three daughters, Margaret Rosalie Ellis of Tarboro, Glendy Ellis Gregory, and her husband, Preston Gregory, of Wilson, Beth Ellis Pittman, and her husband, Steve Pittman, of Macclesfield; a daughter-in-law, Lois Cobb Ellis of Wilson; six grandsons, Wornell Gregory, Brian L. Ellis, Bryan K. Ellis, Austin Pittman, Kyle Ellis and Jordan Pittman; three granddaughters, Lisa Webb, Dawn Lashley and Carrie Williamson; 12 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Well done, thy good and faithful servant.
Her visitation will be held Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Good News Advent Christian Church, 6990 Good News Church Road in Stantonsburg and at other times in the home at 1857 Webbs Lake Road in Macclesfield.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the church with burial to follow in Good News Advent Christian Church Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Thomas-Yelverton at Evergreen, 2704 Nash St., in Wilson. Condolences may be sent to www.thomasyelverton.
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