Family of Benjamin Franklin (“Ben”) WILLIS


Birth: 29 APR 1920 (Henderson Co., TX)
Death: 21 MAR 1999 (Houston, Harris Co., TX)
Burial: Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery (Houston, Harris Co., TX)

Grandparents Parents Siblings
Joshua Paul WILLIS, Sr.
b. 15 JUN 1829 (AL)
d. 31 MAY 1891

Martha Anne ROLEN
b. 11 MAY 1830 (AL)
d. 18 FEB 1876

Llewellen Bruce WILLIS
b. 9 MAR 1874 (LA)
d. 22 JUL 1933
Fenton Stevens WILLIS
b. 26 OCT 1905 (TX)
d. 16 DEC 1980

Della Mae WILLIS
b. 26 JUN 1907 (TX)
d. 19 MAR 2006

Bruce WILLIS
b. 21 NOV 1909 (TX)
d. after 1920

Harry Roland WILLIS
b. 18 MAR 1911 (TX)
d. 3 DEC 1989

Cecil Thomas WILLIS
b. 11 OCT 1913 (TX)
d. 4 NOV 1999

Joshua Paul WILLIS
b. 24 JUL 1924 (TX)
d. 8 AUG 1998

Stephen Daniel
(“Buddy”) WOOD
b. NOV 1857 (GA)
d. after JAN 1920

Mary Jane FORD
b. 16 OCT 1859 (GA)
d. 10 FEB 1901

Maggie Lena WOOD
b. 20 DEC 1888 (TX)
d. 14 JAN 1981

Spouse Marriage Children
Dorothy Loraine YATES
b. 21 DEC 1921 (TX)
d. 15 NOV 2000
27 JAN 1940
Henderson Co., TX
Gillian Paul
(“Gil”) WILLIS
b. 3 NOV 1940 (TX)
d. 1 JUL 2003

Sandrea Ann
(“Sandy”) WILLIS
b. 22 MAR 1944 (TX)

Military Marker for Benjamin Franklin (“Ben”) WILLIS
Tombstone of Dorothy Loraine YATES
Obituary for Gillian Paul (“Gil”) WILLIS

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Last updated on June 27, 2017.