Willis Lee Sink (1907 - 2010)

Born 23 Sep 1907 in Davidson, North Carolina, United States

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Died 20 Dec 2010 at age 103 in Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

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Willis was born in 1907. He was the son of John Henry Sink and Lou Ella Leonard.^[1][2] He passed away in 2010 and is buried in Forest Hill Memorial Park, Lexington, North Carolina.^[3][4]

He is listed in the 1910 US Census as living with his parents and seven siblings in Tyro, North Carolina:^[5]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

John H Sink Head Male 35 North Carolina

Lula A Sink Wife Female 38 North Carolina

John R Sink Son Male 14 North Carolina

Saddie B Sink Daughter Female 12 North Carolina

Rubie G Sink Son Male 10 North Carolina

Mary C Sink Daughter Female 8 North Carolina

Alla M Sink Daughter Female 6 North Carolina

Dorothy R Sink Daughter Female 4 North Carolina

Willis L Sink Son Male 2 North Carolina

Paullian C Sink Daughter Female 0 North Carolina

He is listed in the 1920 US Census as living with his parents and seven siblings in Davidson County, North Carolina:^[6]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

John Sing Head Male 45 North Carolina

Lue Sing Wife Female 47 North Carolina

Raymond Sing Son Male 23 North Carolina

Sadie Sing Daughter Female 21 North Carolina

Garland Sing Son Male 20 North Carolina

Marry Sing Daughter Female 18 North Carolina

Ella Sing Daughter Female 16 North Carolina

Dortha Sing Daughter Female 14 North Carolina

Williores Sing Son Male 12 North Carolina

Rubin Sing Son Male 10 North Carolina

He married Novelia Elizabeth "Lib" Turner; they had two children, a son and a daughter.

He is listed in the 1930 US Census as living with his wife in High Point, North Carolina: ^[7]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

William Sink Head Male 22 North Carolina

Elizabeth Sink Wife Female 20 North Carolina

He is listed in the 1940 US Census as living with his wife and two children in High Point, North Carolina:^[8]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Willis L Sink Head Male 32 North Carolina

Norlia Sink Wife Female 27 North Carolina

Billie Susan Sink Daughter Female 9 North Carolina

Jimmy Lee Sink Son Male 3 North Carolina

His obituary was published in the Greensboro News & Record and other regional newspapers on 21 Dec 2010 :^[9]:

Willis Lee "Bill" Sink, 103, of Lexington Health Care, formerly of Rowe Road, passed away Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, at Lexington Health Care.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Lutheran Church by Pastor Derek Boggs. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. at Davidson Funeral Home and at other times at the home of his daughter, Susan Bizzell, on Rowe Road.

Bill was born in Davidson County on Sept. 23, 1907, to John Henry Sink and Lou Ella Leonard Sink. He was a retired employee of Adams Millis Hosiery in High Point. He was a member of First Lutheran Church and was a Mason and member of Numa F. Reid Lodge in High Point for 78 years. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife of 77 years, Novelia "Lib" Turner Sink on Feb. 15, 2008; a grandson, Edward Bizzell III; a great-grandson, Will Bizzell; five sisters, Sadie Sink, Mary Sink, Polly Sink, Ella Mae Everhart and Dot Meadows; and two brothers, Ray Sink and Garland Sink.

Surviving are one daughter, Susan Bizzell and husband Ed of Lexington; one son, Jim Sink and wife Cindy of Ridgeway, Colo.; six grandchildren, Tawn Bizzell and Renee Bizzell, both of Lexington, Brad Bizzell of Blacksburg, Va., Lisa Sink of Montrose, Colo., Shawna Pruitt of Buford, Ga., and Valerie Imbriaco of Grand Junction, Colo.; eight great-grandchildren, Erin Edwards and Susan Burke of Lexington, Kellie Michael of High Point, Megan and Matthew Imbriaco of Grand Junction, Colo., Erick Bizzell of Blacksburg, Va., and Taylor and Garrett Pruitt of Buford, Ga.; and two great-great grandchildren, Ethan and Emma Edwards of Lexington.

Memorials should be directed to First Lutheran Church, Building Fund, P.O. Box 308, Lexington, NC 27293.

Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC4Y-3HN : 8 December 2014), Willis Lee Sink, 23 Sep 1907; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 2, p. 212, Davidson, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
2. ↑ "North Carolina, Davidson County Vital Records, 1867-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR5-2GZF : 23 February 2021), Willis Lee Sink, ; citing Birth, Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States, possibly other reference information, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #63177161
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM6C-R6D : 12 January 2021), Willis L Sink, 20 Dec 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLMY-GFD : accessed 21 April 2022), Willis L Sink in household of John H Sink, Tyro, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 3B, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1106; FHL microfilm 1,375,119.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKB-TCX : 2 February 2021), Williores Sing in entry for John Sing, 1920.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33Z-8HJ : accessed 21 April 2022), William Sink, High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 54, sheet 3A, line 30, family 55, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1695; FHL microfilm 2,341,429.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWQ2-SNG : 9 January 2021), Willis L Sink, High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-74, sheet 2B, line 70, family 35, 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 2921.
9. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY3-5QZ5 : accessed 21 April 2022), Willis Lee Or Bill Sink, North Carolina, United States, 21 Dec 2010; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Greensboro News & Record, born-digital text.

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