If you are looking for Ellison Funeral Home obituaries, the most important first step is making sure you have the correct funeral home. This guide covers Ellison Funeral Home in Williamsburg, Kentucky, located at 512 Main Street. It explains how to find a recent obituary, check visitation and funeral details, confirm burial information, contact the funeral home, and request an official Kentucky death certificate when an obituary is not enough.
512 Main Street
Williamsburg, KY 40769
Use the phone number when you need to confirm a service, burial detail, or older obituary.
Recent Ellison Funeral Home Obituaries
The official Ellison Funeral Home obituary archive is the best place to confirm a notice for a person whose arrangements were handled by the Williamsburg funeral home. When this guide was reviewed in October 2026, recent notices visible in the official archive included the following people.
Name |
Life Dates Shown |
Location Mentioned in Listing |
|---|---|---|
Melinda Gail Bennett |
November 25, 1957 – October 20, 2026 |
Williamsburg, Kentucky |
Charles Rains |
December 2, 1944 – October 19, 2026 |
Williamsburg, Kentucky |
Alice Burnett Lawson |
March 5, 1932 – October 14, 2026 |
Corbin, Kentucky |
Bobbie Sutton Huddleston |
August 5, 1934 – October 10, 2026 |
Corbin, Kentucky |
Louise Partin |
June 4, 1929 – October 8, 2026 |
Williamsburg, Kentucky |
Open Official Obituary Listings
How to Find an Ellison Funeral Home Obituary
You usually do not need a paid obituary database. Start with the funeral home’s own obituary archive and search carefully before trying broader sources.
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Open the official obituary page.
Visit the Ellison Funeral Home obituary listings page using the official link above. -
Search the person’s last name first.
A surname is often more reliable than entering a long full name, especially when an obituary uses a nickname, middle name, maiden name, or initials. -
Try name variations.
Search a married name, maiden name, nickname, middle name, common shortened name, or alternative spelling if the first search returns nothing. -
Open the individual notice.
Check the person’s full name, age or dates, residence, close relatives, and service information to make sure you have the correct person. -
Verify the service before traveling.
Recheck the obituary or call Ellison Funeral Home at (606) 549-2111 if you are planning to attend visitation, a funeral, memorial service, or graveside service.
What Information Can an Obituary Tell You?
An obituary can do more than confirm that someone died. For family research, funeral planning, or locating a grave, the most useful information is often found in several small details spread throughout the notice.
Information |
Why It Matters |
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Full name and nickname |
Helps distinguish people with similar names and gives alternate search terms. |
Birth and death dates |
Useful for cemetery searches, death records, family trees, and identification. |
Residence or hometown |
Helps narrow county, church, cemetery, newspaper, and public-record searches. |
Parents, spouse, children, or siblings |
Useful when confirming identity or tracing relatives buried nearby. |
Visitation and funeral details |
Provides the date, time, and location when the family makes those details public. |
Interment or cemetery |
May identify the final resting place or provide the clue needed for a grave search. |
Memorial requests |
May explain whether the family prefers flowers, donations, or another tribute. |
How to Confirm Visitation, Funeral, or Graveside Details
Do not rely on a search-engine snippet when you need to attend a service. Search results can be cached, shortened, or older than the current obituary page.
- Open the individual obituary on the funeral home’s official website.
- Look separately for visitation, funeral, memorial, and graveside information.
- Check whether different events are being held at different locations.
- Note the date and local time carefully.
- Confirm the cemetery name if a burial location is given.
- Call the funeral home before a long drive if the service is imminent or weather may affect plans.
What If You Cannot Find the Obituary?
A missing search result does not always mean Ellison Funeral Home did not handle the arrangements. The notice may be older, newly submitted, indexed under a different name, or not yet visible to search engines.
Try these searches before giving up
- Last name only.
- First and last name without the middle name.
- Maiden name and married name.
- Nickname and legal first name.
- Spouse or close relative’s name.
- Approximate year of death.
- Williamsburg, Corbin, Rockholds, or another nearby community connected to the person.
If you still cannot find the person, call Ellison Funeral Home with the full name and approximate date of death. Keep the request simple. For example:
How to Find the Cemetery or Grave After Reading the Obituary
If your main goal is locating the person’s grave, save every cemetery-related clue from the obituary before starting a separate search. The cemetery name may appear near the funeral or interment section rather than in the opening paragraph.
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Write down the exact cemetery name.
Do not shorten it. Several cemeteries in the same county can have similar names. -
Save the person’s full name and death date.
These are the two details cemetery staff usually need first. -
Note relatives named in the obituary.
Family members can help identify the right plot when names are common. -
Contact the cemetery when a plot is not shown online.
Ask for the section, lot, row, plot, grave number, or interment date. -
Cross-check the burial before adding it to a family tree.
Whenever possible, compare the obituary with a cemetery register, death certificate, gravestone, or another primary record.
For a broader cemetery and burial-record workflow, see the FindAGraves grave-search and cemetery-record guide.
Need an Official Kentucky Death Certificate?
An obituary is a public notice, not the same thing as a certified death certificate. If you need an official record for legal, estate, insurance, genealogy, or documentation purposes, Kentucky’s Office of Vital Statistics is the appropriate source for Kentucky deaths.
The Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics holds death records for deaths occurring in Kentucky from 1911 to the present. The current state fee is $6 per certified death certificate, and the fee is treated as a non-refundable search fee.
Information to prepare
- Full name of the deceased person.
- Month, day, and year of death.
- Kentucky county where the death occurred.
- Your name and mailing address.
- Your daytime phone number.
- Number of certified copies requested.
Mailing option
Mail the completed application and payment to:
275 East Main Street, 1E-A
Frankfort, KY 40621
Kentucky also provides in-person, drop-box, and authorized online ordering options. For online ordering, the state identifies VitalChek as its authorized online vendor. Do not pay an unrelated website merely to obtain the same state application.
Kentucky Death Certificate Information Official Purchase Options
Ellison Funeral Home Contact Information
Address
Ellison Funeral Home
512 Main Street
Williamsburg, KY 40769
Phone
Useful for confirming an obituary, service change, older record, cemetery clue, or funeral-home arrangement.
About Ellison Funeral Home in Williamsburg
Ellison Funeral Home describes itself as an independently owned, full-service funeral firm serving the Williamsburg area. Its history dates to 1939, when C.J. Ellison and Ray Ellison started the business. The funeral home moved to its present 512 Main Street location in January 1948.
The official history states that Crayton G. and Teresa Ellison acquired the business interest in 2014. The funeral home’s staff page identifies Crayton G. Ellison as an owner, funeral director, and embalmer and Teresa Ellison as an owner and funeral director.
Those details are useful when distinguishing this Williamsburg funeral home from other businesses with “Ellison” in their names. In particular, Ellison Funeral Home in Williamsburg, Kentucky is not the same business as Ellison Memorial Funeral Home in Clanton, Alabama.
Ellison Funeral Home Obituaries FAQs
1. Where can I find Ellison Funeral Home obituaries?
Use the official Ellison Funeral Home obituary listings page for the Williamsburg, Kentucky location. Search by the person’s name and open the individual notice for details.
2. Which Ellison Funeral Home does this page cover?
This guide covers Ellison Funeral Home at 512 Main Street in Williamsburg, Kentucky 40769.
3. What is Ellison Funeral Home’s phone number?
The Williamsburg funeral home’s published phone number is (606) 549-2111.
4. Why can’t I find a recent obituary?
The notice may not have been posted yet, may use a different name or spelling, or may be outside the most recent results. Try name variations and then contact the funeral home if needed.
5. Can an obituary tell me where someone is buried?
Often yes. Look for words such as interment, burial, cemetery, graveside service, or final resting place. If a cemetery is not listed, the funeral home may be able to clarify public service information.
6. Should I rely on Google for the funeral time?
No. Use the individual official obituary or call the funeral home, especially before traveling. Search-engine information may be incomplete or outdated.
7. How do I search for an older Ellison Funeral Home obituary?
Search the surname first, then try maiden names, nicknames, alternative spellings, relatives, and an approximate year of death. Contact the funeral home if the online archive does not produce a match.
8. Can I get a Kentucky death certificate through the funeral-home obituary page?
No. Certified Kentucky death certificates are issued through the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, not through an online obituary page.
9. How much is a Kentucky death certificate?
Kentucky currently lists a $6 fee per certified death certificate. The state describes it as a non-refundable search fee, so check the official purchase page before ordering in case the fee changes.
10. Is Ellison Funeral Home in Williamsburg the same as Ellison Memorial Funeral Home in Alabama?
No. They are separate funeral homes. This page concerns Ellison Funeral Home in Williamsburg, Kentucky. Always confirm the city and street address before using an obituary or service notice.
A Practical Way to Use This Information
If you came here to find a specific person, start with the official obituary archive and search the surname. Confirm the identity using dates, hometown, and relatives. Then save the service and cemetery details you actually need. If the obituary does not answer your question, call Ellison Funeral Home directly rather than relying on incomplete search snippets.
For legal proof of a Kentucky death, move beyond the obituary and use the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics. For a burial search, preserve the cemetery name, death date, family names, and any plot clues before contacting the cemetery or continuing with broader grave research.