When William Kelcie Ellis was born on 12 November 1917, in Maxeys, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States, his father, William Ellington Ellis, was 39 and his mother, Fannie Bell Killian, was 33. He lived in Greene, Georgia, United States in 1920 and Capron, Southampton, Virginia, United States in 1930. He died on 15 March 1997, in Crescent City, Putnam, Florida, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Crescent City, Putnam, Florida, United States.