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Willis L. MORGAN
(1902 –1981)

 

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1. Bonnie Mae Hazel YATES

Willis L. MORGAN 1 2 3 4
  • Born: 23 July 1902, Humboldt, Coles County, Illinois, USA 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Bonnie Mae Hazel YATES in 1975 in prob Illinois, USA
  • Died: 9 June 1981, Hindsboro, Douglas County, Illinois, USA at age 78 4 5
  • Buried: 12 June 1981, Morgan Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA

bullet   Another name for Willis was Willis MORGAN.5

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bullet  Burial Notes

Union Cemetery (also known as Greasy Point Cemetery), near Hindsboro, Illinois

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • Other Spouses: Lillian Dudgen (m. 1950). 4
  • Parents: David M. Morgan and Ida Belle Reynolds. 3 4 6 7
  • He had a residence in 1935 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA. 3

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  • He appeared on the 1940 US Federal Census on 1 April 1940 in Rardin, Morgan Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA. 3

    D M Morgan       70
    Ida B Morgan       68
    Willis L Morgan       37
  • He has conflicting death information of 10 June 1981 and Hindsboro, Douglas County, Illinois, USA. 4 5

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  • Another obituary for Willis was published on page 5 of the Journal Gazette on 11 June 1981 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA. Note that this version of his obituary gives his death date as the 10th of June, 1981 (even though Tuesday was actually the 9th of June).


    WILLIS L. MORGAN

       HINDSBORO — Willis L. Morgan, 78, of Hindsboro died at 9 p.m. Tuesday (June 10, 1981) at May Rest Home in Hindsboro.
       Graveside funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Union Cemetery, south of Hindsboro. There will be no visitation.
       Tabor Funeral Home of Oakland is in charge of arrangements.
       Mr. Morgan was born July 23, 1902, near Humboldt, a son of David and Ida Reynolds Morgan. He was married to Lillian Dudgen in 1950. She preceded him in death in 1972.
       He later married Bonnie Yates in 1975. She preceded him in death in 1977.
       He is survived by a brother, Robert, of Leesburg, Fla., two nephews and several nieces.

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  • His obituary was published on page 8 of the Herald and Review on 11 June 1981 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA.

    Morgan

       Willis L. Morgan, 78, of Hindsboro died 9 p.m. Tuesday (June 9, 1981) in May Rest Home, Hindsboro.
       Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday in Union Cemetery, Hindsboro. No visitation. Taber Funeral Home, Oakland is in charge.
       Mr. Morgan was born in Humboldt, son of David and Ida Morgan. He was a retired farmer. He married Lillian Dudgen in 1950. She died in 1972. He then married Bonnie Yates in 1975. She died in 1977.
       Surviving is his brother, Robert of Leesburg, Fla.
       One brother and one sister preceded him in death.
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Willis married Bonnie Mae Hazel YATES, daughter of Francis Marion YATES and Mary Bell HOLMAN, in 1975 in prob Illinois, USA. (Bonnie Mae Hazel YATES was born on 30 June 1904 in Pocahontas, Bond County, Illinois, USA,2 8 9 10 died on 16 October 1977 in Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, USA 2 and was buried on 18 October 1977 in Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, USA.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. Coady Ryan Hatlen (1990 – 2006), amateur genealogist, last tree posted on Rootsweb, 09 June 2006, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=price-remer.
  3. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. NARA microfilm publication T627, 4,643 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Willis L. Morgan, Rardin, Morgan Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA; roll T627_771, page 2A, enumeration district 15-33.
  4. Obituary.
  5. Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935 – 2014 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration).
  6. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC).
  7. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC).
  8. Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), F. Marion Yates household, Fifth Street, St. Elmo, Avena Township, Fayette County, Illinois, USA.
  9. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Marion F. Yates household, Loudon Township, Fayette County, Illinois, USA; roll T624_287, page 4B, enumeration district 63, FHL microfilm 1374300.
  10. Marriage Certificate (digital or paper copy of official marriage record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).


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