Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
Ratay-Johnstone Ancestors - Person Sheet
NameRoscoe Allen WILLARD
Birth19 Jun 1890, Greenbriar, Robertson County, Tennessee1423,1898
Death17 Jan 1957, Illinois1898
BurialRose Hill Cemetery, Mount Carmel, Illinois
Alias/AKASgt. Roscoe Allen “Whitey” Willard
FatherMonroe WILLARD (1834-1911)
MotherMalinda Eveline FRENCH (~1869-)
Spouses
Birthabt 1907, Illinois
Marriage4 Sep 1920, Knox, Indiana85
Divorcebef 1928
ChildrenMary Lee (1921-1992)
 Robert William (1923-1994)
Marriagebef 1940
Obituary notes for Roscoe Allen WILLARD
Daily Republican-Register (Mount Carmel, Illinois), Thrusday, 17 January 1957, p. 1
Roscoe Willard Dies Here Today
Roscoe (Whitey) Allen Willard, 66, died this morning at the residence, 510 West First Street. He was a veteron [sic] of World War I.
Mr. Willard was born June 29, 1890, in Greenbrier, Tenn., the son of Monroe and May Hogan Willard. He was a member of the American Legion.
Survivors include three children, Charles Willard of Anderson, Indiana, Mrs. Mary Appleby of Antioch and Robert Willard of Chicago; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Bradbury of Mount Carmel and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday from the Roy D. Short Company Memorial Chapel with the Rev. J.J. Gough officiating. Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery.
The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars will attend in a group and will have charge of the military rites at the grave.
Military notes for Roscoe Allen WILLARD
Sgt. in U.S. Army in World War I
Enlisted 5 Jul 1919, discharged 3 May 1920, honorably
Applicant for the Memorial headstone was Charles W. Willard 4513 E. Lynn St., Anderson, Indiana
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