Willis Carthell Sorrells (1910 - 1990)

Born 15 Oct 1910 in Hartford, Geneva, Alabama, USA

Died 12 Dec 1990 at age 80 in Polk County, Florida, USA

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Biography

Assume all records below are for Ruby's husband, because Willis & Ruby are buried in the same cemetery.

Willis Carthell Sorrells, son of Aytch Erie Sorrells and Mattie Braxton

Birth Date: 15 Oct 1910, per cemetery headstone

.... his death record says born on the 14th (not 15th)

Birth Place: Hartford, Geneva, Alabama, per obituary

Death: 12 Dec 1990, Polk Countty, Florida, per death record

EVIDENCE OF PARENTS:

1) Willis has childhood census with parents in 1930 & 1940

2) Willis's obituary names his surviving siblings

DEATH:

Ancestry.com. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998

Name: Willis Carthell Sorrells

Race: White

Age at Death: 79

Birth Date: 14 Oct 1911

Death Date: 12 Dec 1990

Death Place: Polk, Florida, United States

BURIAL:

Find A Grave Memorial# 161845002 (headstone pictured)

Inscription: Willis Carthell Sorrells

Birth: Oct. 15, 1910

Death: Dec. 12, 1990

Burial: Lakeside Memorial Park, Winter Haven, Polk County, Florida, USA

Created by: Lamar Sarratt

Record added: Apr 29, 2016

OBITUARY:

(This is just an index, not the full obituary.)

Name: Willis C Sorrells

Event Type: Obituary

Event Date: 15 Dec 1990

Event Place: Florida, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 79 ... [born about 1911]

Birthplace: Harford, , Alabama

Death Date: about 15 Dec 1990

Newspaper: Tampa Tribune, The

Son - Billy-Joe

Son - Gerald R

Brother - Fonzie

Brother - Joseph

Brother - Oneal

Sister - Blondell Birch

Sister - Lillia Faulk

Sister - Lora Smith

CENSUS:

1920 census: Geneva, Alabama, Willis Sorrells 9 AL

1930 census: Geneva, Alabama, Willie C Sarrells 19 AL

1940 census: Geneva, Alabama, Willis C Sorrells 29 AL

1st WIFE:

Married shortly before the 1930 census.

First wife is probably Jewell Tindell Sorrells (1909-1999)

Reference: Find A Grave Memorial# 80741809

DIVORCE(1):

Ancestry.com. Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001

Name: Willis C Sorrell

Gender: Male

Spouse's Name: Jewell Sorrell

Divorce Date: 1953

Divorce Place: Polk, Florida, USA

Certificate Number: 18227

MARRIAGE(2): --- ASSUMED ---

Wife: Ruby Marie Gray, daughter of Allan Thomas Gray and Bertha E "Birdie" Long

Married sometime after Ruby's 1952 divorce.

This assumption is based on Ruby & Willis being buried in the same cemetery

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