Family of Alon Palmer WILLIS, Sr.

Birth: 17 MAY 1892 (Winn Parish, LA)
Death: 27 FEB 1985 (Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA)
Burial: Nolley Memorial United Methodist Church Cemetery (Jena, LaSalle Parish, LA)

Grandparents	Parents	Siblings
William Hiram WILLIS b. 5 APR 1820 (MS) d. 17 JAN 1881 Sarah Jane MCCARTY b. 8 MAY 1835 (MS) d. 7 JUN 1901	Amos Obediah WILLIS b. 17 APR 1869 (LA) d. 30 APR 1943	Ezra Talmon WILLIS b. 28 JUN 1896 (LA) d. 2 NOV 1912 Rellie WILLIS b. 2 NOV 1902 (LA) d. JAN 1971 Ansley Ovey WILLIS b. 2 JAN 1906 (LA) d. 23 DEC 1992 (Child) WILLIS b. between 1902-1910 (LA) d. before 1910 Orville O. (“Skitty”) WILLIS b. 15 AUG 1909 (LA) d. 8 NOV 1980
Willis Daniel WILBANKS b. 1828 (AL) d. between 1880-1900 Louisiana POOLE b. NOV 1832 (LA) d. 5 JAN 1921	Ella C. WILBANKS b. about 1876 (LA) d. between 1896-1900

Spouse	Marriage	Children
Venia SHUMAKER b. 11 JUN 1892 (LA) d. 9 DEC 1958	about 1912 Franklin Parish, LA	James Tillman WILLIS b. 10 APR 1913 (LA) d. 21 NOV 2000 Vera Edith WILLIS b. 14 OCT 1915 (LA) d. 14 MAY 2005 Alton Lloyd (“Jiggs”) WILLIS b. 24 APR 1918 (LA) d. 23 DEC 1999	Clydell WILLIS b. 8 NOV 1920 (LA) d. 6 JUL 1927 Vivian Odessa WILLIS b. 7 JAN 1923 (LA) d. 26 JUN 2004 Alon Palmer (“Bo”) WILLIS, Jr. b. 5 MAY 1924 (LA) d. 20 NOV 2007 Thelma Yvonne WILLIS b. 19 MAY 1927 (LA)	Velma E. WILLIS b. 19 MAY 1927 (LA) d. 23 OCT 2004 (Female) WILLIS b. 19 OCT 1929 (LA) d. 19 OCT 1929 Clifton Carl WILLIS b. 1 NOV 1931 (LA)

Tombstone of Alon Palmer WILLIS, Sr. and Venia SHUMAKER
Obituary for Vera Edith WILLIS
Obituary for Alton Lloyd (“Jiggs”) WILLIS
Obituary for Gutha SHANNON (wife of Alton Lloyd WILLIS)
Tombstone of Alton Lloyd WILLIS and Gutha SHANNON
Tombstone of Clydell WILLIS
Obituary for Vivian Odessa WILLIS
Obituary for Alon Palmer (“Bo”) WILLIS, Jr.
Tombstone of Velma E. WILLIS
Tombstone of (Female) WILLIS

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