LOUISBURG - Funeral services for William “Short Cake” Ellis Jr., 69, who died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, at St. Delight United Church of Christ, with the Rev. Maurice White officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Surviving: wife, Vera Ellis of the home; daughters, Tina Kidd of Morrow, Ga., Shelitha O’Loughlin-Yav of Snellville, Ga., and April Wise of Fayetteville; sons, Patrick Ellis of the home, Billy Anthony Ellis and Cory Jermaine Ellis, both of Louisburg, and Ricky Wise of Clayton; sisters, Doris Ellis of Raleigh and Ruby Ellis of Manhattan, N.Y.;  brothers, Herman Ellis, Joe Ellis and Charles Elis, all of Middlesex; 16 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Open visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 18, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.

Arrangements by Richardson Funeral Home, Louisburg.