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John Columbus Willey

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John Columbus Willey

Birth
Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Death
4 Feb 1943 (aged 67)
New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Pine Grove, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Son of Absolum Willey and Lydia Knicely. John married Rosa Bell White on April 15, 1898 in Wetzel Co., WV. His death certificate states his birth date as April 4. This date conflicts with both his birth record and obituary (shown below).

John C. Willey, 67 years, 9 months, and 5 days old, of Jacksonburg,died at the Wetzel County Hospital, Thursday, February 4, 1943, after a few days illness.
He was born in Wetzel County, April 29, 1875, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Absolum Willey, and had resided in the vicinity of his birth, all his life. He was a farmer. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Loma Dodd, of Coburn, W.Va., on Sunday, February 7, 1943, and interment in Sheep Run Cemetery, was under the direction, of the Palmer Funeral Home, of Pine Grove.
His widow, Rosie Bell Willey, and the following sons and daughters survive: James Willey, of East Liverpool, Ohio; Mrs. Loma Dodd, of Coburn; Mrs. Joseph Lombardi, of Wheeling; and Mrs. Claud Nixon, of Jacksonburg; one brother, Clay Willey, of New Martinsville; four sisters, Mrs. Jerry King, Mrs. William Gump, Mrs. Francis Williams, and Mrs. Ross Hayhurst, of Jacksonburg, also survive.
Son of Absolum Willey and Lydia Knicely. John married Rosa Bell White on April 15, 1898 in Wetzel Co., WV. His death certificate states his birth date as April 4. This date conflicts with both his birth record and obituary (shown below).

John C. Willey, 67 years, 9 months, and 5 days old, of Jacksonburg,died at the Wetzel County Hospital, Thursday, February 4, 1943, after a few days illness.
He was born in Wetzel County, April 29, 1875, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Absolum Willey, and had resided in the vicinity of his birth, all his life. He was a farmer. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
Funeral services were conducted at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Loma Dodd, of Coburn, W.Va., on Sunday, February 7, 1943, and interment in Sheep Run Cemetery, was under the direction, of the Palmer Funeral Home, of Pine Grove.
His widow, Rosie Bell Willey, and the following sons and daughters survive: James Willey, of East Liverpool, Ohio; Mrs. Loma Dodd, of Coburn; Mrs. Joseph Lombardi, of Wheeling; and Mrs. Claud Nixon, of Jacksonburg; one brother, Clay Willey, of New Martinsville; four sisters, Mrs. Jerry King, Mrs. William Gump, Mrs. Francis Williams, and Mrs. Ross Hayhurst, of Jacksonburg, also survive.


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