Arcadia - Funeral services will be held for Robert Ellis, Sr., age 51, at 3:00 p.m., Monday, September 16, 2019 at the First Pentecostal Church of Arcadia. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery in Simsboro, LA.
Robert was born August 30, 1968, to Marvin and Marie Humphrey Ellis in Vicksburg, MS. He passed away on September 13, 2019, in Arcadia, LA with his loved ones by his side. Robert worked as a police officer in Shreveport for 19 years. His nickname was "TopCop". He loved to work on cars, and enjoyed fishing. He was a member of the First Pentecostal Church of Arcadia.
Robert is preceded in death by his parents Marvin and Marie Ellis.
He is survived by his loving wife Shelly Ellis, daughter Brianne Ellis Black and husband Caleb, son Robert Ellis, Jr., sister Judy Dinning, and by numerous other nieces, nephews and other family and friends.
Honoring Robert as pallbearers will be the Shreveport Police Department.