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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 286.
- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Lenettie Willis
Event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: District 01, Cocke, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Age: 7
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1923
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Enumeration District Number: 0002
Family Number: 86
Sheet Number and Letter: 5B
Line Number: 56
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: Jenette Willis
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Civil District 1, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birthplace: Tennessee
Birth Year (Estimated): 1923
Last Place of Residence: Same House
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
- [S113] Manes Funeral Home, (http://www.manesfuneralhome.com), 22 May 2017.
U. A. Willis obituary
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 30 Jan 2017.
Janette Willis Young, 94, of Zirconia, North Carolina, passed away January 28, 2017, at the Elizabeth House.
She was born April 16, 1922 in Del Rio, Tennessee to the late J W Willis and Anna Mae Banks Willis. She was preceded in death by her husband, K V Young, and son, Keith Young.
Survivors include her three children: Kenneth V. Young (June), Madelyn Owenby (Wayne), and Maxine Quattlebaum (Bob); five grandchildren: Nicole Gary, Eric Engle, Daniel and Kyle Owenby and Mark Young; two great-grandchildren: Maddison and Ethan Gary; one future great-grandson, Gage Owenby; five sisters; two brothers and several nieces and nephews.
Janette was retired from Kimberly Clark after more than 30 years and beloved by all who knew her. She will be dearly missed.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at Forest Lawn Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Blair Stewart from Zion Hill Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the services.
Memorials may be made to Four Season Compassion for Life, 571 S. Allen Road, Flat Rock, NC 28731 or fourseasonscfl.org.
To send an online condolence, visit forestlawnhendersonville.com.
Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Hendersonville, North Carolina, assisting the family.
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 175850366).
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: J W Willis
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 May 1921
Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Spouse's Name: Anna Mae Banks
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