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Willie Simmons 1918 – 1959 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Feb 1918

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 4 Sep 1959

Death Location: Illinois, USA

Father: Charley Simmons

Mother: Ethel Mimms

Spouse(s): Mary Simmons

Children(s): Nora Simmons, Willie Simmons, Mary Simmons, Wilber Simmons, Kermit Simmons, Billy Simmons, Joyce Simmons

It was in 1918 that Willie Simmons was born in Tennessee, a child of Charley Simmons and Ethel Mimms. Willie Simmons went on to marry Mary Elizabeth Simmons and had children such as Nora E Simmons, Willie C Simmons, Mary L Simmons, Wilber Q Simmons, Kermit Simmons, Billy M Simmons and Joyce Lavell Simmons. Willie Simmons was deceased by 1959 in Illinois, USA.

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Parents

Charley Simmons
1897 – 1935
Birth Location: Tennessee
CS
Ethel Mimms
1900 – 1974
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Spouses(s)

Mary Simmons
1917 –
Birth Location: Dyer, USA
MS

Children(s)

Nora Simmons
1936 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Willie Simmons
1940 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Mary Simmons
1941 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Wilber Simmons
1943 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Kermit Simmons
1944 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
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Billy Simmons
1945 –
Birth Location: Tennessee
BS
Joyce Simmons
1948 – 1948
Birth Location: Dyersburg
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 6 Feb 1918
    Event Place: Tennessee
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards For Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 266, National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 12, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee; Roll: 144; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 23-14

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1920 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: District 5, District 5, Dyer, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Rural, Dyer, Tennessee
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards For Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 266

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee; Roll: 144; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 23-14

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee; Roll: 144; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 23-14

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 4 Sep 1959
    Event Place: Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Glenwood, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985, National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones For U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: 596118; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
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