Floyd County GaArchives Obituaries.....Jesse Claude Willis  December 22 1976
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Rome News Tribune December 23, 1976

Mr. Willis
   Jesse Claude Willis, 80, 111 Harrison Road, died early Wednesday morning in 
a Rome hospital following a lengthy illness.
   Mr. Willis was born in Floyd County on Oct. 21, 1896, son of the late 
William Newton and Martha Ann Adams Willis. He had spent his entire life here 
and prior to his retirement in 1961, had worked for the Georgia Power Company 
for 36 years. He was a veteran of World War I, having served in the U.S. Army. 
He was a member of Shanklin-Attaway Post 5 of the American Legion and IBEW 
Local 847. He attended the Methodist church. A son, J.C. Willis, Jr. died in 
July, 1936.
   Surviving are his widow, the former Ella Mae Lindsey, to whom he was married 
on June 23, 1923; two daughters, Mrs. Clyde Barmlett, Rome, Rte. 10, Mrs. Otis 
Dunlap, Albany; one son, Duran T. (Spider) Willis, Rome; seven grandchildren, 
nieces and nephews.
   Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in East View Cemetery with 
the Rev. Robert Reynolds officiating.
   The body will lie in state at Talley Brothers Funeral Home, where the family 
will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. today. At other hours they will be at 
the home of the son, 113 Harrison Road.
  Active pallbearers will be David and Spencer Willis, Herschel and Herbert 
Bailey. Honorary pallbearers will be employees of Georgia Power Company.

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