Janie R. Ellis-Hockday was born Sept. 3, 1947 to her very fruitful parents Samuel and Lottie Belle Ellis in Camden, S.C.

To mourn her passing, Janie leaves: two sisters, Sarah B. Ellis, of Hempstead, N.Y. and her pastor/sister Mary Smallwood of Roosevelt, N.Y.; her loving husband of 25 years, William Hockaday Sr., son William B. Hockaday and stepson Dwayne Griffin-Hockaday; daughter-in-law Brittany Hockaday; five sister-in-laws Mattie Walrond, Mable Ellis, Carolyn Ellis, Mary Ellis, and Celestine Akines; 29 nieces and nephews; fifty seven great nieces and nephews and a host of cousins and friends.