Died
at age 75
in Mulberry, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States
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Biography
Christening:
Date: 10 Oct 1896 (Baptism)
Place: Hannah's Gap Baptist Church
Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Name: W N Sorrels
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 12 Aug 1903
Marriage Place: Marshall, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: Ittie Young
Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965
Name: William Noah Sorrells
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 75
Birth Date: 29 Sep 1881
Birth Place: USA
Death Date: 23 Jun 1957
Death Place: Mulberry, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA
Father: William Harvey Sorrells
Mother: Elizabeth Scott
Certificate Number: 57-14574
1930 United States Federal Census[1]
Name: Willie Sorrells
Birth Year: abt 1881
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 49
Birthplace: Tennessee
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: District 5, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA
Map of Home: District 5, Lincoln, Tennessee
Street Address: Cooper's Branch
Dwelling Number: 191
Family Number: 191
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: Yes
Age at First Marriage: 21
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Farm
Class of Worker: Employer
Employment: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Willie Sorrells 49 Head
Earnest F Sorrells 21 Son
Stella Sorrells 18 Daughter
Frances Sorrells 15 Daughter
Helen Sorrells 11 Daughter
Erving Loyd 41 Boarder
Note: He was a farmer. Had a stroke May 1945, invalid for 12 years before he died.
Birth Place: Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States of America
Death Date: 23 Jun 1957
Death Place: Mulberry, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States of America
Cemetery: Mulberry Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Mulberry, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: William Harvey Sorrells
Mother: Elizabeth Sorrells
Spouse: Ittie Anne Sorrells
Children:
Frances Sullenger
Ernest Floyd Sorrells
Helen Anne Sorrells
Stella Louise Sorrells
William Noah Sorrells, 75, farmer of the Mulberry community, died Sunday morning at his home after a long illness.
Funeral services were at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Ralston Chapel. The Rev. R. B. Kennedy and the Rev. J. B. Patterson officiated. Burial was in Mulberry Cemetery.
Mr. Sorrells was a native of Lincoln County. His parents were William and Elizabeth Scott Sorrells. He was a deacon on the Baptist Church.
His wife, Mrs. Ittie Young Sorrells, died in 1930.
Survivors include three daughters, Misses Stella and Helen Sorrells and Mrs. Herman Sullenger, all of Mulberryp; a sister, Mrs. Pearl Freeman, Petersburg; a half-brother, W. H. Sorrells, Shelbyville, Tennessee; three grandchildren.
Source: The Fayeteville Observer
Sources
↑ 1930 United States Federal Census; Year: 1930; Census Place: District 5, Lincoln, Tennessee; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 2341996
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116932542/william-noah-sorrells: accessed 11 October 2022), memorial page for William Noah Sorrells (29 Sep 1881–23 Jun 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 116932542, citing Mulberry Cemetery, Mulberry, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Michael Pitcock (contributor 47897217) .
Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965
Acknowledgments
Sorrells-96 was created by Gerald Smith through the import of scott (3).ged on Mar 12, 2015.
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