Born in Memphis, Tennessee to James Henry Sills and Carrie (Lowry) Sill on 14 Dec 1909. The US Census for 1910, 1920 and 1930 list Memphis, Tennessee as his residence. In 1930 He was still single.
He married Virginia Taylor, and they had a daughter, Bettye in 1932.
His first wife, Virginia Taylor Sills died in Jan 1956.
The 1930 Census also list his occupation as working for the City railway (the same as his father).
The 1940 Census list his occupation as a Bill Clerk for a Freight Company. His residence with wife Virgina and child Betty in Memphis, Tennessee.
For a time he was in Birmingham, Alabama working for a railroad and then he went to Mobile, Alabama. He married Inez (Chaffin) Odom in Oct 1956.
He retired from the railroad and they lived in Mobile. Inez was a widow and he helped raise her two sons, Bobby and Kenneth Odom.
He died in 1980.
He was a lionel train collector.
Conrad Odom grandson
Obituary:
Sills Mr. James H. Sills-A native of Memphis, TN and a resident of Mobile for a number of years, died in a local hospital on Monday, February 11, 1980. Mr. Sills was a member of the Sage Ave. Baptist Church and the Abba Temple Shrine, the Woodlawn York Rite Bodies in the Woodlawn Masonic Lodge 525, Birmingham Alabama. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Inez Chaffin Sills of Mobile; 2 sons, Kenneth R Odom of Mobile and Bobby L. Odom of Fayetteville, AR; one daughter, Mrs. Dave T. Larson of Pittsburgh, PN; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Keller and Mrs. Jo Ella Burkle, both of Memphis, TN; one brother, Vernon Sills, also of Memphis; five grandchildren, nieces and nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. from the chapel of Radney. Visitation will be at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Interment will be in Mobile Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements by Radney Funeral Home, Dauphin St. Ext., Mobile, Alabama
He married Virginia Taylor, and they had a daughter, Bettye in 1932.
His first wife, Virginia Taylor Sills died in Jan 1956.
The 1930 Census also list his occupation as working for the City railway (the same as his father).
The 1940 Census list his occupation as a Bill Clerk for a Freight Company. His residence with wife Virgina and child Betty in Memphis, Tennessee.
For a time he was in Birmingham, Alabama working for a railroad and then he went to Mobile, Alabama. He married Inez (Chaffin) Odom in Oct 1956.
He retired from the railroad and they lived in Mobile. Inez was a widow and he helped raise her two sons, Bobby and Kenneth Odom.
He died in 1980.
He was a lionel train collector.
Conrad Odom grandson
Obituary:
Sills Mr. James H. Sills-A native of Memphis, TN and a resident of Mobile for a number of years, died in a local hospital on Monday, February 11, 1980. Mr. Sills was a member of the Sage Ave. Baptist Church and the Abba Temple Shrine, the Woodlawn York Rite Bodies in the Woodlawn Masonic Lodge 525, Birmingham Alabama. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Inez Chaffin Sills of Mobile; 2 sons, Kenneth R Odom of Mobile and Bobby L. Odom of Fayetteville, AR; one daughter, Mrs. Dave T. Larson of Pittsburgh, PN; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Keller and Mrs. Jo Ella Burkle, both of Memphis, TN; one brother, Vernon Sills, also of Memphis; five grandchildren, nieces and nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. from the chapel of Radney. Visitation will be at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Interment will be in Mobile Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements by Radney Funeral Home, Dauphin St. Ext., Mobile, Alabama
Born in Memphis, Tennessee to James Henry Sills and Carrie (Lowry) Sill on 14 Dec 1909. The US Census for 1910, 1920 and 1930 list Memphis, Tennessee as his residence. In 1930 He was still single.
He married Virginia Taylor, and they had a daughter, Bettye in 1932.
His first wife, Virginia Taylor Sills died in Jan 1956.
The 1930 Census also list his occupation as working for the City railway (the same as his father).
The 1940 Census list his occupation as a Bill Clerk for a Freight Company. His residence with wife Virgina and child Betty in Memphis, Tennessee.
For a time he was in Birmingham, Alabama working for a railroad and then he went to Mobile, Alabama. He married Inez (Chaffin) Odom in Oct 1956.
He retired from the railroad and they lived in Mobile. Inez was a widow and he helped raise her two sons, Bobby and Kenneth Odom.
He died in 1980.
He was a lionel train collector.
Conrad Odom grandson
Obituary:
Sills Mr. James H. Sills-A native of Memphis, TN and a resident of Mobile for a number of years, died in a local hospital on Monday, February 11, 1980. Mr. Sills was a member of the Sage Ave. Baptist Church and the Abba Temple Shrine, the Woodlawn York Rite Bodies in the Woodlawn Masonic Lodge 525, Birmingham Alabama. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Inez Chaffin Sills of Mobile; 2 sons, Kenneth R Odom of Mobile and Bobby L. Odom of Fayetteville, AR; one daughter, Mrs. Dave T. Larson of Pittsburgh, PN; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Keller and Mrs. Jo Ella Burkle, both of Memphis, TN; one brother, Vernon Sills, also of Memphis; five grandchildren, nieces and nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. from the chapel of Radney. Visitation will be at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Interment will be in Mobile Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements by Radney Funeral Home, Dauphin St. Ext., Mobile, Alabama
He married Virginia Taylor, and they had a daughter, Bettye in 1932.
His first wife, Virginia Taylor Sills died in Jan 1956.
The 1930 Census also list his occupation as working for the City railway (the same as his father).
The 1940 Census list his occupation as a Bill Clerk for a Freight Company. His residence with wife Virgina and child Betty in Memphis, Tennessee.
For a time he was in Birmingham, Alabama working for a railroad and then he went to Mobile, Alabama. He married Inez (Chaffin) Odom in Oct 1956.
He retired from the railroad and they lived in Mobile. Inez was a widow and he helped raise her two sons, Bobby and Kenneth Odom.
He died in 1980.
He was a lionel train collector.
Conrad Odom grandson
Obituary:
Sills Mr. James H. Sills-A native of Memphis, TN and a resident of Mobile for a number of years, died in a local hospital on Monday, February 11, 1980. Mr. Sills was a member of the Sage Ave. Baptist Church and the Abba Temple Shrine, the Woodlawn York Rite Bodies in the Woodlawn Masonic Lodge 525, Birmingham Alabama. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Inez Chaffin Sills of Mobile; 2 sons, Kenneth R Odom of Mobile and Bobby L. Odom of Fayetteville, AR; one daughter, Mrs. Dave T. Larson of Pittsburgh, PN; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Keller and Mrs. Jo Ella Burkle, both of Memphis, TN; one brother, Vernon Sills, also of Memphis; five grandchildren, nieces and nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. from the chapel of Radney. Visitation will be at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Interment will be in Mobile Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements by Radney Funeral Home, Dauphin St. Ext., Mobile, Alabama
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