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George Willis
World War I Veteran
George Menefee Wilfis Sr., 88, of Colonial Heights, died Wednesday, January 5, 1982, in Petersburg ' General Hospital.
He was a native of Sperryville and was born there on February 14, 1894, the son of the late Byrd ^nd Emtiy-^y Menefee Willis. Mr. Willis served in the l' S.'Arrrty for ten years, worked for the Department of Justice for 22 years and retired after serving as Postmaster for the city of Colonial Heights for four years. He was a member of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Colonial Heights.
Mr. Willis was a member of the National Association of Federal retired persons, a past Rotarian and was very active and an enthusiastic supporter and protector of Veterans Rights. He was an army Veteran of World War I. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Cora Armentrout Willis, whom he wed on April 11, 1927; two sons, William Byrd Willis of Aberdeen, Md. and George M. Willis Jr. of Colonial Heights; three daughters, Cora Kilby of Petersburg, Eleanor Barkley of Danville and Barbara St. Louis of Columbia, S. C.; 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday in the chapel of the E Alvin Small Funeral home in Colonial Heights by the Rev. Ted Bishop of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church and the Rev. Charles Thompson of Immanuel Baptist Church. Burial with military honor? was in Southlawn Memorial Park, Petersburg.
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