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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 286, 373.
- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Ray Willis
Event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: District 01, Cocke, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Age: 12
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1918
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Enumeration District Number: 0002
Family Number: 86
Sheet Number and Letter: 5B
Line Number: 55
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2238
Film Number: 2341972
Digital Folder Number: 4548152
Image Number: 00040
Household Gender Age
Parent James W Willis M 44
Parent Anna M Willis F 29
Viola Willis F 16
Lucy Willis F 14
Ray Willis M 12
Lenettie Willis F 7
Rachel Willis F 6
Ephrem Willis M 3
Bula Willis F 1
Virlie Willis F 0
- [S112] Census, 1940.
Name: Roy Willis
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Civil District 1, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Tennessee
Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
James Wiley Willis Head M 52 Tennessee
Anna Mae Willis Wife F 39 Tennessee
Jenette Willis Daughter F 17 Tennessee
Rachel Willis Daughter F 15 Tennessee
Ephram Willis Son M 13 Tennessee
Beulah Willis Daughter F 11 Tennessee
Vista Willis Daughter F 10 Tennessee
U A Willis Son M 8 Tennessee
Thelma Willis Daughter F 5 Tennessee
Kathleen Willis Daughter F 2 Tennessee
Paul Willis Son M 0 Tennessee
Roy Willis Son M 21 Tennessee
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 14 Apr 2001.
Roy Willis, 83, of Del Rio, went home to be with his Lord, Saturday, April 14, 2001.
He was a member of Del Rio First Church of God. He was retired from Stokely Van-Camp and he was also a farmer.
His parents, James Wiley and Kitty Leone Woody Willis, and Anna Mae Banks Willis, and grandson, Kevin Ray Hill, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, Dorthy Grigsby Willis; sons and daughters-in-law, Arvin and Margaret Green Willis, Esten and Juanita Wilds Willis, all of Del Rio, Danny and April French Willis, of Dandridge; daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and Burnett Ray Hill, of Del Rio, Lorene and Carl Byrd, of New Market, Joyce and Wayne Ellison, of Newport; ten grandchildren; one step-grandson; seventeen great-grandchildren; sisters, Viola Fox, of Marion, NC, Jeanette Young, of Zirconia, NC, Lucy Messer, Vista Walker, Beaulah Grigsby, Rachel Fox, and Thelma Hill, all of Del Rio, and Kathleen Toby, of Bybee; brothers, Ephraim and Paul Willis, both of Del Rio, and U. A. and Monroe Willis, of Newport. Mr. Willis also leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews, church family and friends.
Funeral service will be Wednesday, April 18, 2001, at 2 p.m., at Brown Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Robert Ashley and Rev. Eugene Barker officiating. Interment will follow at Clark Cemetery at Del Rio.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, April 17, 2001, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Mr. Willis’s grandsons and great-grandsons.
Brown Funeral Home is honored to provide the final arrangements for Roy Willis.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 15 Apr 2001.
WILLIS, ROY - age 83, of Del Rio, Tenn., went home to be with his Lord, Saturday, April 14, 2001. He was a member of Del Rio First Church of God. He was retired from Stokley Van-Camp and he was also a farmer. His parents, James Wiley and Kitty Leone Woody Willis and Anna Mae Banks Willis and grandson, Kevin Ray Hill preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife, Dorthy Grigsby Willis; sons and daughters-in-law, Arvin and Margaret Green Willis, Esten and Juanita Wilds Willis, all of Del Rio, and Danny and April French Willis of Dandridge; daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and Burnett Ray Hill of Del Rio, Lorene and Carl Byrd of New Market, and Joyce and Wayne Ellison of Newport; 10 grandchildren; one step grandson and 17 great-grandchildren; sisters, Viola Fox of Marion, N.C., Jeanette Young of Zirconia, N.C., Lucy Messer, Vista Walker, Beaulah Grigsby, Rachel Fox and Thelma Hill, all of Del Rio, and Kathleen Toby of Bybee; brothers, Ephraim and Paul Willis, both of Del Rio, and U. A. and Monroe Willis of Newport. Mr. Willis also leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews, church family and friends. Funeral service will be Wed., April 18, 2001, at 2 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Ashley and Rev. Eugene Barker officiating. Interment at Clark Cemetery in Del Rio. family will receive friends Tues., April 17, 2001, from 7-9 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Mr. Willis' grandsons and great-grandsons. Brown Funeral Home.
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 87861459).
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