ELLA R. COLEY


LOUISBURG - Funeral services for Minister Ella Richardson Coley, 73, who died Wednesday, March 6, 2013, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, March 11, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Linda Tayborn officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Surviving: daughters, Teresa Lee Coley of Raleigh, Sheila Ann Lewis of Durham and Regina Morgan of Franklinton; sons, Blake Tyree Coley of Franklinton and John Coley of Durham; sisters, Ruby Richardson and Barbara Walker, both of Louisburg; brothers, Elmo Richardson Jr. of Trenton, N. J., Ernest Richardson of Louisburg, James Artis Richardson of Castalia and the Rev. Willie Gray Richardson of Raleigh; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Open visitation will be held Sunday, March 10, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.