Born in Wayne, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Harrison Hollis
and Martha Ann (Nelson) Hollis
Sister of
Robert Lloyd Hollis, Clifford Dalton Hollis, Cleatus Carnell Hollis and Coleman Frazier Hollis
Wife of
Lawrence Orman Williams
— married
25 Sep 1927 in Wayne, Tennessee, United States
Died
at age 77
in Wayne, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Feb 2021
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Biography
The daughter of David Hollis and Martha (Nelson) Hollis, Vergie Hollis was born in Wayne County, Tennessee[1] in 1910, residing with her family in Civil District 8.[2][3]
She married Lawrence Williams, the son of James Wilder Williams and Nancy Paralee Hollis, marrying in Wayne County,Tennessee on September 25, 1927[4] and making their home in Wayne County's Civil District 8 where, in 1930, her husband worked on a stock farm.[5] In 1940, they lived in Collinwood, Tennessee, where Lawrence drove a lumber truck.[6]
Virgie and Lawrence separated before 1950;[citation needed] that year, Virgie lived with her children in Wayne County, where she provided for her family by doing housekeeping.[7] Virgie and Lawrence later divorced, and Lawrence moved to Kansas City, Missouri, remarrying.
Virgie Williams passed away at the age of 77,[8] residing last in Collinwood, Tennessee, and is buried at Bethlehem Cemetery in Wayne County, Tennessee.[9] Her husband, having served during World War II, is buried at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Sources
- ↑ "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H5-XXSX : 17 March 2018), Virgie Pauline Hollis, 1910.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGNV-QRB : accessed 5 February 2021), Verga Hollis in household of Harrison Hollis, Civil District 8, Wayne, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 135, sheet 3B, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1524; FHL microfilm 1,375,537.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN55-HSN : 3 February 2021), Virgie P Hollis in entry for Martha A Hollis, 1920.
- ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD94-48C : 17 March 2020), Pauline Hollis in entry for Lawrence O. Williams, 1927.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP75-4TW : accessed 5 February 2021), Pauline Williams in household of Lawrence Williams, District 8, Chatham, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 3B, line 67, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2284; FHL microfilm 2,342,018.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HJ-1SX : 11 January 2021), Pauline Williams in household of Lawrence Williams, Civil District 4, Wayne, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91-6, sheet 11A, line 8, family 198, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3946.
- ↑ "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSS-PN9T : Thu Oct 05 03:27:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Virgie P Williams and Jimmy H Williams, 3 May 1950.
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1NG-1N1 : 9 January 2021), Pauline Williams, Jun 1987; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41280109/virgie-pauline-williams: accessed 07 December 2023), memorial page for Virgie Pauline Hollis Williams (7 Mar 1910–27 Jun 1987). Bethlehem Cemetery, Wayne County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave. Find A Grave: Memorial #41280109
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