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WILLIAM "WILLY" LELAND WOODS 1911–1974 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 March 1911

Birth Location: Perkins, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 19 January 1974

Death Location: Cypress, Orange, California, USA

Father: SEBARY WOODS

Mother: ELIZABETH *

Spouse(s): NONA WALLS

Children(s): Glenda Woods, Jana Woods, Buddy Woods, Jimmy Woods, Robert Sr, Fredrick Woods, Michael Woods

WILLIAM "WILLY" LELAND WOODS was born in 1911 in Perkins, Kentucky, USA, the child of Sebary Woods And Elizabeth Eliza Vanover. WILLIAM "WILLY" LELAND WOODS married Bernice Huff, Nona Gladys Walls, and had children including Buddy William Woods, Fredrick D Woods, Glenda Joan Woods, Jana S Woods, Jimmy Ray Woods, Joyce Ann Huff, Michael Edward Woods, Robert Lynn Wop Woods Sr, Velma Jean Huff. WILLIAM "WILLY" LELAND WOODS passed away in 1974 in Cypress, Orange, California, USA.

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Biography

  • WILLIAM "WILLY" LELAND WOODS was born in 1911 in Perkins, Kentucky, USA, the child of Sebary Woods And Elizabeth Eliza Vanover.
  • WILLIAM "WILLY" LELAND WOODS married Bernice Huff, Nona Gladys Walls, and had children including Buddy William Woods, Fredrick D Woods, Glenda Joan Woods, Jana S Woods, Jimmy Ray Woods, Joyce Ann Huff, Michael Edward Woods, Robert Lynn Wop Woods Sr, Velma Jean Huff.
  • WILLIAM "WILLY" LELAND WOODS passed away in 1974 in Cypress, Orange, California, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

WILLIAM WOODS's Ancestors

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WILLIAM WOODS
1911–1974
Birth Place: Perkins, Kentucky, USA
Parents
SEBARY WOODS
1889–1967
Whitley Ky
ELIZABETH ("ELIZA" VANOVER) *
1832–1910
Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
HENRY (VANOVER) **
1809–1875
Ashe, North Carolina, United States
JANE (JENNIE CAMPBELL) **
1812–1886
Kentucky, USA
Great-Grandparents
SAMUEL I
1779–1860
Lucretia Taylor
1779–1860
JAMES **
1803–1870
ELIZABETH **
1799–1864
2nd-Great-Grandparents
CORNELIUS **
1739–1818
ABIGAIL **
1765–1850
JOHN TAYLOR
1755–1848
RACHEL BRANDON
1760–1817
JOSIAH **
1767–1834
MARGARET **
1771–1855

WILLIAM WOODS's Descendants

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WILLIAM ("WILLY" LELAND) WOODS (6 March 1911–19 January 1974) m. NONA (GLADYS) WALLS (19 Feb 1917–30 Jun 1962)
  1. 1. Glenda (Joan) Woods 1945–2013 m. Joseph (Ray "Raymond") Roberts 1945–1998
  2. 2. Jana (S) Woods 1951–2008
  3. 3. Buddy (William) Woods 1934–2000
  4. 4. Jimmy (Ray) Woods 1937–2002
  5. 5. Robert (Lynn "wop" Woods) Sr 1940–2011
  6. 6. Fredrick (D) Woods 1941–2014
  7. 7. Michael (Edward) Woods 1949–2013

WILLIAM WOODS's Timeline

2 Records

1911
6 March 1911
Birth of WILLIAM "WILLY" LELAND WOODS in Perkins, Kentucky, USA
Perkins, Kentucky, USA
1974
19 January 1974
Age 63
Death of WILLIAM "WILLY" LELAND WOODS in Hawaiian Gardens, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Hawaiian Gardens, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 March 1911
    Event Place: Perkins, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 January 1974
    Event Place: Hawaiian Gardens, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cypress, Orange, California, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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