William
Virgil
(Virgil)
"Virgie"
Bice
Born in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Stanton Bice
and Julia Ann (Thomas) Bice
Brother of
Mary Mervia (Bice) Reid and Cora Jane Bice
Husband of
Gertrude Jane (Norris) Bice
— married
15 Jun 1907 in Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Husband of
Vival Lee (Turner) Brannum
— married
4 Oct 1920 in Overton, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Jessie Alvin Bice
Died
at age 49
in Overton, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jun 2011
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Biography
Entered by Jared Goodpasture, June 6, 2011.
William was born April 15, 1885, the son of James Bice and Julia Thomas.
He married Gertude Jane Norris June 15, 1907, in Putnam, Tennessee. Though, oddly, her name is not specifically mentioned, the marriage is documented in a marriage bond posted by her father, W. H. Norris, and the groom.[1]
After the (apparent) death of Gertude, he married Vival Lee Turner on October 4, 1920, in Overton, Tennessee.[2]
Virgil passed away April 21, 1934, in Overton, Tennessee, and is buried in the Hanging Limb Cemetery .[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNXL-238 : 4 December 2014), Virgal Bice and W H Narris, 15 Jun 1907; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 402, Putnam, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
- ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDMR-1JF : 16 March 2020), Vivia Turner in entry for Virgil Bice, 1920.
- ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSFJ-GS6 : Sat Oct 14 00:18:46 UTC 2023), Entry for Virgil Bice and Jim Bice, 21 Apr 1934.
- WWI Draft Card, Overton Tennesse. 1910 Fentress Tennesse. Spouse, Gerty.
- Jared Goodpasture, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jared and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Virgil by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Virgil:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Virgil by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Virgil:
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~0.78%
Leann (Shaw) Hammer
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