• Born: 11 October 1907, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, USA ⁴
• Marriage (1): Charlotte Katherine SHOEMAKER about 1927 in prob Texas, USA ^{1 2}
• Marriage (2): Vestell BOX on 17 August 1947 in Wood County, Texas, USA ^{2 3}
• Died: 12 September 1985, Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, USA at age 77 ^{4 5}
• Buried: 14 September 1985, Rains County, Texas, USA ⁴

   Other names for William were Bryan FRANCIS,^{1 4} Jo J. B. FRANCIS, W. J. FRANCIS, W. J. B. FRANCIS, William FRANCIS,⁵ William J. FRANCIS, William J. B. FRANCIS and William Jennings FRANCIS.

  Death Notes

Citizens General Hospital

  Burial Notes

Funeral services at Woosley Baptist Church; burial at Woosley Cemetery.

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He worked as a farmer on 1 May 1930 in Precinct 1, Mitchell County, Texas, USA. ¹

• He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 1 May 1930 in Precinct 1, Mitchell County, Texas, USA. ¹
  

Bryan Francis       23     Head     Oklahoma
Lottie Francis       26     Wife     Texas
Murel Francis       1 6/12     Daughter     Texas
Ruthie Francis       3/12     Daughter     Texas
R T Strickland       5     Stepson     Texas

William married Charlotte Katherine SHOEMAKER about 1927 in prob Texas, USA.^{1 2} (Charlotte Katherine SHOEMAKER was born on 1 January 1902 in Texas, USA and died on 2 November 1996 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, USA.)

William next married Vestell BOX on 17 August 1947 in Wood County, Texas, USA.^{2 3} (Vestell BOX was born on 2 July 1922 in Texas, USA ⁶ and died on 24 February 2007 in Point, Rains County, Texas, USA.)