Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Willis, Albert  September 12, 2007
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Elizabethton Star  September 14, 2007
Albert Willis 





    Albert Willis, 72, 685 Watauga Road, Watauga, died Wednesday, September 

12, 2007, at his residence. 





    A native of Carter County, he was a son of Joseph A. Willis, Hampton, and 

the late Myrtle Tolley Willis. 





    Mr. Willis had lived in the Watauga Community for the past 20 years. He 

was a retired employee of North American Rayon Corporation and had served in 

the United States Army during the Vietnam Conflict, where he was the recipient 

of two Purple Hearts. He was a member of the Captain Lynn H. Folsom V.F.W. 

Post No. 2166. 





    In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy T. 

Willis, January 29, 1998. 





    Survivors, in addition to his father, include two daughters and sons-in-

law, Shelby and Jerry Blevins and Pat and Robert Morton, all of Watauga; a son 

and daughter-in-law, Chris and Jennifer Tolley, Johnson City; two sisters and 

brothers-in-law, Eddie and Kyle Hyder, Hampton, and Glenda and Bob Hyatt, 

Elizabethton; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Dana and Mary Etta Willis, 

Gray, and Raymond Willis of Washington; six grandsons, Bobby Morton, Sam 

Willis, Dusty Morton, Zach Tolley, Seth Tolley and Gavin Tolley; a 

granddaughter, Jessica Blevins; a great-grandson, R.C. Willis; his special 

friends, Wanda Brummitt, Nettie Cornett, Shirley and Ed Whitehead, Herman 

Miller and Jeff Brumitt; his special mother-in-law and father-in-law, Orville 

and Edith Tolley; and his special friend, Gage the bulldog. 





    Funeral services for Mr. Willis will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, 

September 14, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jackie Cole 

officiating. Music will be provided by Peggy Cole. The family would like to 

express a special "thank you" to the Carter County Rescue Squad and all of his 

friends. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the 

funeral home. It was his wish to be cremated. Online condolences to the Willis 

family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. 





    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.



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