William Louis Ennis (1871 - 1930)

Born 5 Mar 1871 in Pope, Arkansas, United States

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Died 11 May 1930 at age 59 in Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

William Louis “Bill” Ennis BIRTH 5 Mar 1871 Pope County, Arkansas, USA DEATH 11 May 1930 (aged 59) Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA BURIAL Choate Prairie Cemetery Indianola, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA MEMORIAL ID 15688138

He was the son of Jacob Marion Ennis and Julie Ann Owens. He married Nancy Louner Johnson on Oct. 21, 1894 in Pea Ridge, Arkansas. They raised Ada Almeda Ennis and Georgia Mae Ennis, children of John and Cora Ennis.

spouse Nancy Johnson Ennis BIRTH 8 Aug 1877 Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA DEATH 15 Dec 1969 (aged 92) Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA BURIAL Choate Prairie Cemetery Indianola, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, USA MEMORIAL ID 15688126

Inscription Gone but not forgotten.

Daughter of John Wesley Johnson and Susan Annette Wharton.

Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. at the Mills-Humphrey Chapel for Nancy Ennis, age 92, who died Monday in a local nursing home. Mrs. Ennis was born on Aug. 8, 1877 in Birmingham, Ala. She came to this area and settled in Indianola in 1907. She was preceded in death by her husband, William L. Ennis, in 1930. Mrs. Graham (s/b Ennis) was a member of the First Freewill Baptist Church. Surviving relatives include two foster daughters Mrs. George Smith, 220 West Kiowa, and Mrs. Ada Shackelford of Indianola; two nieces, Ida Franscom, Mesa, Ariz., and Alice Slesigner, Mesa, Ariz.; three nephews, Ernest Wright, Atkins, Ark., Earl Wright, Ft. Smith, Ark., and Ira Wright, Visalia, Calif.; 14 foster grandchildren, 33 foster great grandchildren and 18 foster great great grandchildren. Rev. Earl Jenson, assisted by Rev. Charles Bigger, will officiate at the services. Interment will be at Choate Prairie Cemetery under the direction of Mills-Humphrey Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Jimmie Arterburn, Burl Phifer, Clarence Wilkins, Alva Hardin, Walter L. Smith and Earnest Cowden. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert Raney, Robert White, Harold Lindley and Jasper Walken.

William was born in 1871. He was the son of Jacob Ennis and Julia Owens. He passed away in 1930.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15688138/william-louis-ennis

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6G3-716