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- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 286.
- [S112] Census, 1930.
Name: Ephrem Willis
Event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: District 01, Cocke, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Tennessee
Estimated Birth Year: 1927
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Enumeration District Number: 0002
Family Number: 86
Sheet Number and Letter: 5B
Line Number: 58
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2238
Film Number: 2341972
Digital Folder Number: 4548152
Image Number: 00040
Household Gender Age
Parent James W Willis M 44
Parent Anna M Willis F 29
Viola Willis F 16
Lucy Willis F 14
Ray Willis M 12
Lenettie Willis F 7
Rachel Willis F 6
Ephrem Willis M 3
Bula Willis F 1
Virlie Willis F 0
- [S112] Census, 1940.
Name: Ephram Willis
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Civil District 1, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Tennessee
Birth Year (Estimated): 1927
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
James Wiley Willis Head M 52 Tennessee
Anna Mae Willis Wife F 39 Tennessee
Jenette Willis Daughter F 17 Tennessee
Rachel Willis Daughter F 15 Tennessee
Ephram Willis Son M 13 Tennessee
Beulah Willis Daughter F 11 Tennessee
Vista Willis Daughter F 10 Tennessee
U A Willis Son M 8 Tennessee
Thelma Willis Daughter F 5 Tennessee
Kathleen Willis Daughter F 2 Tennessee
Paul Willis Son M 0 Tennessee
Roy Willis Son M 21 Tennessee
- [S124] Brown Funeral Home, Newport, Tennessee, (http://www.newportfunerals.com), 5 Jan 2012.
(September 22, 1926 - January 5, 2012)
Ephraim Willis, age 85, of Del Rio, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012. He was a member of Round Mountain Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents James Wiley Willis and Anna Mae Banks Willis, sisters and brothers-in-law Viola and Jim Fox of Marion, NC, Lucy and Brown Messer of Del Rio, brothers and sisters-in-law Roy and Dorothy Willis of Del Rio, Monroe and Carolyn Willis of Newport, brothers-in-law Lovell Fox, K.V. Young, Claude Grigsby, Jr. Walker, sister-in-law Stella Gregg Willis, special nephews Jimmy Walker and Eugene Walker. Survivors include his brothers U.A. Willis, Paul Willis, sisters Jeanette Young, Rachel Fox, Beulah Grigsby, Vista Walker, sisters and brothers-in-law Thelma and Junior Hill, Katheleen and Delbert Toby, special nephews he helped raise Willie Walker and Dallas Walker, along with several nieces and nephews. He will be sadly missed by a host of friends and church family. Funeral services will be 7:00 p.m. Saturday, January 7, 2012 in the chapel of Brown Funeral Home with Rev. Mike Strange and Rev. Mike Elkins officiating. Graveside services will be 1:00 p.m. Sunday, January 8, 2012 at Clark Cemetery (Deep Gap). The family will receive from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Saturday prior to the services at the funeral home. Brown Funeral Home is honored to serve the Willis family.
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Name: J W Willis
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 May 1921
Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee, United States
Spouse's Name: Anna Mae Banks
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