Services for Ellis Carol Bledsoe, of Brookhaven, are 2 p.m.Monday, March 10, at Greenwood M.B. Church with burial in CarverHeights Cemetery.

Visitation is Sunday from 1 until 6 p.m. at WilliamsMortuary.

Mr. Bledsoe, 58, died March 4, 2008, at his residence. He wasborn on Sept. 5, 1949, to Ellis Bledsoe and Johnny AlmaBledsoe.

Mr. Bledsoe, a 1969 graduate of Alexander High School, wasretired.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a brother, FreddieBledsoe; and a grandson, Marcus Antwain Bledsoe.

Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Bobbie Bledsoe, ofBrookhaven; his sons, Cornelius Bledsoe, of Brookhaven, and EllisC. Bledsoe Jr., of Birmingham, Ala.; his brothers, Benjamin Bledsoeand Billy Bledsoe, both of Brookhaven; his grandson, CorneliusDontray Bledsoe, of Brookhaven; and many other relatives andfriends.