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Eva Louise <I>Carter</I> Willis

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Eva Louise Carter Willis

Birth
Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, USA
Death
20 Aug 1949 (aged 68)
Exeter, Tulare County, California, USA
Burial
Exeter, Tulare County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 4, Block P, Lot 11, grave 5
Memorial ID
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EVA LOUISE WILLIS

Funeral Services were held at the Exeter Hadley chapel Tuesday morning for Mrs. Eva Louise Willis, 68, a well known resident in the Farmersville district for many years, who died at the Exeter Memorial hospital Saturday night.

Mrs. Willis was born in Bolivar in March 1881, and was married to William P Willis at Barren Creek, MO, in 1899. She was the daughter of J. M. Carter of Bolivar.

Besides her husband, she leaves two daughters, Mrs. W. L. Noell and Mrs. Jessie Reynolds, both of Visalia; four brothers, Andrew Carter, Bolivar, Homer Carter, of Ojai, California, Emmett Carter of Strathmore, California, and Ira Carter of Lindsay, California; three sisters, Mrs. Viola Buchanan of Fair Play, Mrs. Annie Ware of Bolivar and Mrs. Ida Harp of Visalia, California; and four grandchildren.

Mrs. Willis was a member of Farmersville Methodist church, and the Farmersville Grange.

Rev. Barrett J Whitely of Strathmore officiated at the funeral and burial was in the Exeter cemetery. Soloists were Mrs. L. C. Avery and Mrs. William Ingrim of Visalia.

Pallbearers were Clark Mitchell, James Kitchell, Gene Pummill, Sherrill Weisenberger, Arlist Carter, John Wigglesworth, Elzy Luna and Clyde Carter. All are nephews of Mrs. Willis.

This obituary was published Thursday, September 29, 1949, but the name of the newspaper is unknown at this time.
EVA LOUISE WILLIS

Funeral Services were held at the Exeter Hadley chapel Tuesday morning for Mrs. Eva Louise Willis, 68, a well known resident in the Farmersville district for many years, who died at the Exeter Memorial hospital Saturday night.

Mrs. Willis was born in Bolivar in March 1881, and was married to William P Willis at Barren Creek, MO, in 1899. She was the daughter of J. M. Carter of Bolivar.

Besides her husband, she leaves two daughters, Mrs. W. L. Noell and Mrs. Jessie Reynolds, both of Visalia; four brothers, Andrew Carter, Bolivar, Homer Carter, of Ojai, California, Emmett Carter of Strathmore, California, and Ira Carter of Lindsay, California; three sisters, Mrs. Viola Buchanan of Fair Play, Mrs. Annie Ware of Bolivar and Mrs. Ida Harp of Visalia, California; and four grandchildren.

Mrs. Willis was a member of Farmersville Methodist church, and the Farmersville Grange.

Rev. Barrett J Whitely of Strathmore officiated at the funeral and burial was in the Exeter cemetery. Soloists were Mrs. L. C. Avery and Mrs. William Ingrim of Visalia.

Pallbearers were Clark Mitchell, James Kitchell, Gene Pummill, Sherrill Weisenberger, Arlist Carter, John Wigglesworth, Elzy Luna and Clyde Carter. All are nephews of Mrs. Willis.

This obituary was published Thursday, September 29, 1949, but the name of the newspaper is unknown at this time.


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