Gordon Churchill Willis (1920 - 2010)

Born 5 Apr 1920 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 Dec 2010 at age 90 in Virginia, United States

Biography

Gordon was born in 1920. He was the son of Holman Willis and Bess Brower.^[1][2] He was a graduate in the Class of 1943, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.^[3] He served in the Pacific theatre of war before becoming a Navy pilot and serving on the USS Roosevelt Aircraft Carrier.^[4]

He married Julia Elizabeth Peterson, daughter of Eugene Harold Peterson and Adline Ullman, on 2 September 1944 at Roanoke, Virginia.^[5] Julia was granted a divorce from Gordon on the grounds of desertion on 13 June 1967.^[6]

Gordon married Jean Hall, daughter of Samuel Meredith Hudson and Ruth Hurst, on 22 June 1967 at Roanoke, Virginia.^[7]

He passed away in 2010 at age 90.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CZJC-QZM : accessed 22 December 2020), Gordon C Willis in household of Holman Willis, Big Lick, Roanoke, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 12A, line 22, family 223, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2483; FHL microfilm 2,342,217.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTML-QK1 : 30 May 2020), Gorden C Willis in household of Holman R Willis, Area B, Roanoke, Roanoke City, Roanoke City, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119-54, sheet 15A, line 29, family 317, 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 4328.
3. ↑ United States Naval Academy Digital Collections, Annual Register of the United States Naval Academy. Annapolis, Md., 1943-1944, page 59
4. ↑ Obituary of Gordon Churchill Willis
5. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB1-3KHR : 24 November 2020), Gordon Churchill Willis and Julia Elizabeth Peterson, 02 Sep 1944; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Roanoke, , Virginia, United States, certificate 18689, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
6. ↑ "Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBK-GVG6 : 20 August 2018), Julia Elizabeth Peterson and Gordon Churchill Willis, 13 Jun 1967; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Roanoke, , Virginia, United States, certificate #67 004130, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
7. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9X-KLYN : 24 November 2020), Gordon Churchill Willis and Jean Hudson Hall, 22 Jun 1967; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Roanoke, , Virginia, United States, certificate 67 017727, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK43-5ZV : 4 December 2020), Gordon C Willis, 17 Dec 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

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