Deacon Ricky Ellison, Sr.

Deacon Ricky Ellison, Sr., 72, of 5361 US Hwy 701S Clarkton, NC transitioned on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at Valley Hospice House in Fayetteville, NC. 
 

Viewing- Friday, March 6, 2026 from 4:00pm-6:00pm at Johnson’s Funeral Service, Elizabethtown, NC. 
 

Visitation- The family will receive friends at the home. 
 

Survivors- two sons, Reggie Ellison of Clarkton, NC and James Lewis of Whiteville, NC, four sisters, Delma Cromartie, Shirley Morgan, Judy Smith and Margarette Autry, two brothers, Jimmy Ellison and Anthony Ellison, 11 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren. 
 

Funeral- Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 1:00pm at Willie E. Johnson Memorial Chapel on the facility of Johnson’s Funeral Service, 207 S. Pine St., Elizabethtown, NC. Eulogy by Pastor Brenda McDowell, Pastor of Faith Deliverance Ministries in Tar Heel, NC. 
 

Burial- Cromartie Hill Church Cemetery, Clarkton, NC. 
 

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