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Melba WILLIS 1915–1995 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 04 Aug 1915

Birth Location: Ashland, Mcdowell, WV USA

Death Date: Jan 1995

Death Location: Roanoke, VA USA

Father: Andrew WILLIS

Mother: Emma JARRETT

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

Melba WILLIS was born in 1915 in Ashland, Mcdowell, WV USA, the child of Andrew Jackson Willis And Emma Jane Jarrett. Melba WILLIS passed away in 1995 in Roanoke, VA USA.

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Biography

  • Melba WILLIS was born in 1915 in Ashland, Mcdowell, WV USA, the child of Andrew Jackson Willis And Emma Jane Jarrett.
  • Melba WILLIS passed away in 1995 in Roanoke, VA USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Andrew WILLIS
1878–1946
Birth Location: Boones Mill, Franklin, VA USA
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Emma JARRETT
1879–1925
Birth Location: Henry, VA USA
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Melba WILLIS's Ancestors

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Melba WILLIS
1915–1995
Birth Place: Ashland, Mcdowell, WV USA
Parents
Andrew Jackson WILLIS
1878–1946
Boones Mill, Franklin, VA USA
Emma (Jane) JARRETT
1879–1925
Henry, VA USA
Grandparents
Lumpkins ('Lump') WILLIS
1848–1941
Callaway, Franklin, VA USA
Sarah (Catherine 'Cassie') HALE
1851–1929
Callaway, Franklin, VA USA
Great-Grandparents
William WILLIS
1821–1903
Harriet COMPTON
1825–1900
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Melba WILLIS's Timeline

2 Records

1915
04 Aug 1915
Birth of Melba WILLIS in Ashland, Mcdowell, WV USA
Ashland, Mcdowell, WV USA
1995
Jan 1995
Age 80
Death of Melba WILLIS in Roanoke, VA USA
Roanoke, VA USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 04 Aug 1915
    Event Place: Ashland, Mcdowell, WV USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 1995
    Event Place: Roanoke, VA USA
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