Alton Gray Morris1,2,3

M, b. March 27, 1940, d. December 28, 2000
     His Social Security Number was 231-52-9392.4 Alton Gray Morris was buried at Danville Memorial Gardens, Danville, Virginia.1,2 He was born on March 27, 1940 at Orange Co., North Carolina.1,5,4,2,3 He married Barbara Ann Williams, daughter of Henry Rudolph Williams and Annie Gladys Cooper, on February 21, 1965 at Danville, Virginia.5 Alton Gray Morris died on December 28, 2000 at Burlington, Alamance Co., North Carolina, at age 60.1,2,3,4

Family

Barbara Ann Williams b. August 10, 1943, d. November 24, 1999
Marriage*He married Barbara Ann Williams, daughter of Henry Rudolph Williams and Annie Gladys Cooper, on February 21, 1965 at Danville, Virginia.5 
Child
  • Alton Todd Morris6,5

Citations

  1. [S3518] Danville Memorial Gardens, Danville, VA, online http://www.findagrave.com
  2. [S1405] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006.
  3. [S1028] North Carolina Archives and Records Section and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004.
  4. [S9] Unknown subject, unknown file number, SSDI, U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File.
  5. [S5130] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014.
  6. [S1738] Danville Register & Bee, From the Annie Gladys Cooper Williams obituary in the Jul 9, 2013 edition.

Grady Thomas Willis1,2,3,4

M, b. July 19, 1919, d. February 12, 1999
     Grady Thomas Willis was buried at Danville Memorial Gardens, Danville, Virginia.4 His Social Security Number was 227-16-9493.5 He was born on July 19, 1919 at Franklin Co., Virginia.2,3,4,5 He married Lura Maude Cooper, daughter of William Jackson Cooper and Pearlie Maude Martin, on October 3, 1942 at Schoolfield, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.1 Grady Thomas Willis and Lura Maude Cooper were divorced on September 8, 1971 at Danville, Virginia.2 Grady Thomas Willis died on February 12, 1999 at Danville, Virginia, at age 79.6,4,5

Family

Lura Maude Cooper b. September 10, 1923, d. January 21, 2009
Marriage*He married Lura Maude Cooper, daughter of William Jackson Cooper and Pearlie Maude Martin, on October 3, 1942 at Schoolfield, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia.1 
Divorce* Grady Thomas Willis and Lura Maude Cooper were divorced on September 8, 1971 at Danville, Virginia.2 
Children
  • Patricia Layne Willis1
  • Doris Elizabeth Willis1
  • Grady William Willis7

Citations

  1. [S5130] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014.
  2. [S5151] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-2014.
  3. [S5152] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1920.
  4. [S3518] Danville Memorial Gardens, Danville, VA, online http://www.findagrave.com
  5. [S9] Unknown subject, unknown file number, SSDI, U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File.
  6. [S5149] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014.
  7. [S1399] Charlotte Observer, From the Lura Willis Jones Dillard obituary in the Jan 23, 2009 edition.

Robert Belford Adkins Jr.1,2,3

M, b. April 2, 1929, d. February 15, 1984
     Robert Belford Adkins Jr. was buried at Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland Co., North Carolina.3 His Social Security Number was 230-30-7087.2 He was born on April 2, 1929 at Reidsville, Rockingham Co., North Carolina.1,2,3 He married Edith Gathel Cooper, daughter of William Jackson Cooper and Pearlie Maude Martin, on June 20, 1952 at Danville, Virginia.1,3 Robert Belford Adkins Jr. died on February 15, 1984 at Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina, at age 54.2,3

Family

Edith Gathel Cooper
Marriage*He married Edith Gathel Cooper, daughter of William Jackson Cooper and Pearlie Maude Martin, on June 20, 1952 at Danville, Virginia.1,3 
Child

Citations

  1. [S5130] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014.
  2. [S1028] North Carolina Archives and Records Section and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004.
  3. [S6946] Sunset Cemetery, Cleveland Co., NC, online http://www.findagrave.com/
  4. [S5152] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1920.

Robert Belford Adkins III1,2,3

M, b. October 17, 1956, d. May 22, 2010
FatherRobert Belford Adkins Jr.1 b. April 2, 1929, d. February 15, 1984
MotherEdith Gathel Cooper1
     Robert Belford Adkins III was buried at Reece Cemetery, Zionville, Watauga Co., North Carolina.2 He was born on October 17, 1956 at Danville, Virginia.1,2 He married Glenda Gail Triplett on August 17, 1991 at New Hanover Co., North Carolina.3 Robert Belford Adkins III died on May 22, 2010 at North Carolina at age 53.2

Family

Glenda Gail Triplett
Marriage*He married Glenda Gail Triplett on August 17, 1991 at New Hanover Co., North Carolina.3 

Citations

  1. [S5152] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1912-2015, Delayed Birth Records, 1721-1920.
  2. [S7732] Reece Cemetery, Watauga Co., NC, online www.findagrave.com/.
  3. [S999] Unknown compiler, North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004.

Minnie Mae Young1,2,3

F, b. May 26, 1892, d. March 1, 1999
     Minnie Mae Young was buried at Saint James Cemetery, Ferrum, Franklin Co., Virginia.4,3 Her Social Security Number was 226-92-4256.2 She was born on May 26, 1892 at Ferrum, Franklin Co., Virginia.2,4,3 As of July 3, 1953,her married name was Martin.1 She married Charles Arthur "Charlie" Martin, son of William Walter Martin and Mary Octavia Cooper, on July 3, 1953 at Franklin Co., Virginia.1,3 Minnie Mae Young died on March 1, 1999 at Franklin Co., Virginia, at age 106.2,4,5,3 She MARTIN, Minnie Young Woods, 106, of Ferrum, passed away Monday, March 1, 1999. Born May 26, 1892, she was a daughter of the late David and Martha McGraw Young. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Joseph Robert Woods and Charlie Martin; and brother, Clarence Young. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Nellie and Dalton Ferguson of Ferrum, Elizabeth and Perry Sigmon of Callaway; son and daughter-in-law, Otis and Hazel Woods of Boones Mill; half sister, Annie Fisher of Boones Mill; four stepdaughters and their husbands, Gladys and Junior Hill of Roanoke, Lillie Mae and Lewis Keatts of Rocky Mount, Juanita Mitchell of Roanoke, Louise and John Jenkins of Danville; two stepsons, and their wives, Herman and Margaret Martin of Danville, Huford and Irene Martin of Roanoke; seven grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; 13 stepgrandchildren; 18 stepgreat-grand-children; and three stepgreat- great-grandchildren. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday, March 4, 1999, at Lynch Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Gerald Manning and the Rev. Frank Layman, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in St. James Methodist Church Cemetery. on March 3, 1999.3

Family

Charles Arthur "Charlie" Martin b. May 29, 1898, d. January 17, 1970
Marriage*She married Charles Arthur "Charlie" Martin, son of William Walter Martin and Mary Octavia Cooper, on July 3, 1953 at Franklin Co., Virginia.1,3 

Citations

  1. [S5130] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014.
  2. [S5223] Social Security Administration, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
  3. [S102] Roanoke Times, From the Minnie Young Woods Martin obituary in the Mar 3, 1999 edition.
  4. [S5341] Saint James Cemetery, Franklin Co., VA, online http://www.findagrave.com/
  5. [S5149] Virginia Department of Health, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014.