Willie Dean (Hughes) Willis (1935 - 2014)

Born 15 Jun 1935 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States

Died 2 Jan 2014 at age 78 in Greenville, Washington, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Willie Dean Hughes was born on Jun 15, 1935 in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA as a child of John Hughes and Edna Mae Hearld.

She died on Jan 02, 2014 in Greenville, Washington, Mississippi, USA (Delta Regional Medical Center; Age at Death: 78).

When she was 15, she married Marshal Francis "Joe" Sellers in 1951.

Willie Dean Hughes was buried in Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi, USA (North Cleveland Cemetery).

Marshal Francis "Joe" Sellers and Willie Dean Hughes had the following children:

1. Joe Glenn Sellers was born on Mar 27, 1952 in Shaw, Bolivar, Mississippi, USA. He died on Jan 24, 2018 in Ridgeland, Madison, Mississippi, USA (Hospice Ministries; Age at Death: 64).
2. David Earl Sellers.
3. Michael Sellers.
4. Jerry Thomas Sellers was born on Jan 31, 1956 in Shaw, Bolivar, Mississippi, USA. He died on Apr 23, 2008 in Shaw, Bolivar, Mississippi, USA (Age at Death: 52).
5. Raymond Sellers.
6. Barbara Joyce Sellers.

Roy Gene Willis and Willie Dean Hughes had no children.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136936699/willie-dean-willis: accessed 08 November 2023), memorial page for Willie Dean “The Crappie Lady” Craft Willis (15 Jun 1935–2 Jan 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 136936699, citing North Cleveland Cemetery, Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by M.J. Scanlon (contributor 48429475).
• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYLY-JLF : Wed Oct 04 21:32:05 UTC 2023), Entry for M E Hearld and Evaline Hearld, 1940.