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Dorothy Evelyn Willis 1922–2009 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 MAR 1922

Birth Location: Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA

Death Date: 22 JAN 2009

Death Location: Warner Robins, Houston County, Georgia

Father: Ambrose Willis

Mother: Bryd Aven

Spouse(s): Thomas Jr.

Children(s):

The story of Dorothy Evelyn Willis began in 1922 in Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA. Dorothy Evelyn Willis married Thomas Monroe Nations Jr. Dorothy Evelyn Willis passed away in 2009 in Warner Robins, Houston County, Georgia.

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Biography

  • The story of Dorothy Evelyn Willis began in 1922 in Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA.
  • Dorothy Evelyn Willis married Thomas Monroe Nations Jr.
  • Dorothy Evelyn Willis passed away in 2009 in Warner Robins, Houston County, Georgia.

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Dorothy Willis's Ancestors

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Dorothy Willis
1922–2009
Birth Place: Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA
Parents
Ambrose Alvin Willis
1896–1965
Brazil, Oklahoma
Bryd (Elma) Aven
1899–1977
Grenada County, Mississippi
Grandparents
Sidney (J) Aven
1861–1929
Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, United States,
Martha (Alice) Keeton
1876–1916
Graysport, Mississippi
Great-Grandparents
Green Aven
1823–1889
Sarah Lyon
1834–1903
Toliver Keeton
1843–1918
Carolina Akin
1851–1917
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Amos Aven(T)
1775–1855
Matilda Rogers
1780–1856
William Lyon
1796–1854
William Lyon
1795–1854
Toliver Keeton
1809–1891
Hannah Roberts
1814–1893
John Akin
1815–
Margarett
1817–

Dorothy Willis's Timeline

2 Records

1922
28 MAR 1922
Birth of Dorothy Evelyn Willis in Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA
Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA
2009
22 JAN 2009
Age 87
Death of Dorothy Evelyn Willis in Warner Robins, Houston County, Georgia
Warner Robins, Houston County, Georgia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 MAR 1922
    Event Place: Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 JAN 2009
    Event Place: Warner Robins, Houston County, Georgia

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