ERNEST CHARLES WILLIS, 57 SON OF YVETTE AND THE LATE THORNTON WILLIS SR WAS BORN NOVEMBER 1, 1963 IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. HE TRANSITIONED FROM HIS EARTHLY LIFE ON SUNDAY JANUARY 24, 2021 IN ATLANTA, GA.

HE ATTENDED I.C.R. S AND SACRED HEART AND GRADUATED BRIDGETON H.S.CLASS OF 1982. HE SERVED IN THE US ARMY FROM 82-89. HIS FIRST UNION WAS WITH TAMI DUPAR AND TO THIS UNION, THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN. HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH GIORDANO'S RECYCLING IN VINELAND, NJ FOR 13 YEARS PRIOR TO RELOCATING TO ATLANTA, GA WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A DRIVER FOR WASTE PRO. HE WAS JOINED IN MATRIMONY IN 2018 TO VANESSA WATERS.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY; HIS WIFE VANESSA, ONE DAUGHTER, SHERIEE DAVIS (PHILIP), TWO SONS, JASON, AND CHARLES; ALL OF ATLANTA, GA, TWO STEP-CHILDREN; SHAKEEM WATERS AND SHABERA FRALICK (RAYMOND)OF BRIDGETON, NJ , TWO SISTERS; OLLIVIA WILLIS (MIKE) OF BRIDGETON, NJ, DEBORAH CUNNINGHAM (GLENFORD) OF ABSECON, NJ, TWO BROTHERS; THORNTON WILLIS JR. (CATHI) OF FOUNTAIN, CO, AND KENNETH E. WILLIS SR. OF HOLLYWOOD, FL, A SISTER-IN-LAW, WILLIE MAE BROWN OF BRIDGETON, NJ HIS THREE AUNTS, PATRICIA A. DAVIS OF TRENTON, NJ, MARIE ANGLE GUEGAN, AND ARLETTE MAURICE, BOTH OF FRANCE, 11 GRANDCHILDREN, NEICES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES, AND FRIENDS.
HE WAS PRE-DECEASED BY HIS FATHER THORNTON WILLIS SR. AND NEPHEW KENNETH E. WILLIS JR.