Annis Virginia (Willis) Salter (1912 - 1995)

Born 29 Mar 1912 in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Roosevelt Salter — married 22 Feb 1947 in Brewton, Escambia, Alabama, United States

Died 26 Mar 1995 at age 82 in Athens, Limestone, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Annis Virginia Willis was born on 29 March 1912 in Mobile, Alabama.^[1] She and her twin sister were the youngest children of John Henry Willis, Jr. and Arnita (Harris) Willis.

Annis was educated in the public school system of Mobile, Alabama. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Alabama State College (now University) in Montgomery, Alabama. Annis was employed as a teacher.^[2]

Annis married Daniel R. Salter on 22 February 1947.^[3]

On August 1950 Alabama State College (now University) conferred on Annis Willis Salter the Masters of Education degree.^[4] She obtained her Class A Elementary Professional Certificate from the State of Alabama, Department of Education in 1950.^[5]

Annis Willis Salter volunteered as a Girl Scout Leader.^[6]

Annis Willis Salter departed this life on Sunday, 26 March 1995.^[7] She is buried in her family's plot at Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.^[8]

Annis (Willis) Salter is a part of US Black heritage.

Obituary

Annis Willis Salter

To everything there is an appointed time, even a time for every affair under the heavens. — Ecclessastices 3: 1

A TIME FOR BIRTH...

Annis Willis Salter, the youngest child of the late John Willis, Sr. and Arnita Harris Willis Jackson, was born on March 29, 1912 in Mobile, Alabama.

A TIME TO BUILD...

Mrs. Salter was educated in the public school system of Mobile, Alabama. She received her B. S. and Masters degrees from Alabama State University. Further studies were done at Tuskegee University and Alabama A&M University. She was employed as a teacher in Mississippi and Conecuh, Marion, and Colbert Counties in Alabama. She was a life member of the National Education Association.

A TIME TO LOVE...

Annis Willis Salter was united in holy matrimony to Daniel R. Salter in February 1947, and to this union one child was born.

A TIME TO DIE...

Mrs. Salter departed this life on Sunday, March 26, 1955.

A TIME TO MOURN...

She leaves to cherish her memories: a devoted husband, Daniel R. Salter; a loving daughter and son-in-law; two aunts, Alberta Willis and Lillian Willis Easton, both of Mobile, AL; three nieces; three nephews; four devoted cousins, Fred Birch, Clara Cook Young, onnie Cook, Jr., all of Mobile, AL, and Helen Cook Lamar of Birmingham, AL; Three sisters-in-law, Pearl Hart and Sarah Haymon, both of Tampa, FL, and Katie Willis of Philadelphia, PA; and a host of other family and friends.

Sources

1. ↑ Social Security Administration, "NUMIDENT, 1936-2007," database, National Archives (https://aad.archives.gov/aad/ : accessed 10 Jun 2020), entry for Annis Virginia Willis, SS-5 application, July 1938.
2. ↑ Polk's Mobile (Mobile County, Ala.) City Directory 1935, 712, entry for "Willis Annice (c) tchr"; accessed as "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995"; database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 Sep 2021); > Alabama > Mobile > 1935 > Mobile, Alabama, City Directory, 1935 > Image 362.
3. ↑ Alabama Department of Public Health, Marriage License and Certificate 47-004419 (1947), Daniel Salter and Annis Merriwether,22 February 1947; Alabama Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics, Montgomery.
4. ↑ Annis Willis Salter, Master of Education diploma conferred by Alabama State College, 1950; inherited from Annis Willis Salter; privately held.
5. ↑ "Class A  Elementary Professional Certificate," issued to Annis Willis Salter, 1950; State of Alabama, Department of Education, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama; privately held.
6. ↑ Annis W. Salter, Girl Scouts Certificate of Membership, Active Adult, February 1963; privately held.
7. ↑ Alabama Center for Health Statistics, death certificate (certified copy) no. 101, (1995), Annis Willis Salter, d. 26 March 1995; Alabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228131647/annis-salter : 3 June 2021), memorial page for Annis Willis Salter (29 Mar 1912–26 Mar 1995), Find a Grave Memorial ID 228131647, citing Oaklawn Memorial Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by ByAPearl (contributor 50871132) .

• State of Alabama death certificate (certified copy) no. 101, Annis Willis Salter.

• Annis Willis Salter, funeral program, Salter Family Collection; privately owned. Distributed at the funeral of Annis Willis Salter, 31 March 1995, Athens, Alabama.