Jewell Willis (1908 - 2000)

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Hannah and Nathan "Nate" House

Added: Oct 31, 2019

Dwain and Geraldine Willis

Added: Feb 01, 2018

Helen M Willis

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Willis family

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Madeline (Hill) and Richard Gifford Willis

Added: Feb 18, 2016

Annette Rhinehart Willis

Added: Jan 02, 2016

Kennary Adriana Willis

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Wayne Willis

Added: Dec 05, 2015

Ruth (Stephens) Willis

Added: Dec 05, 2015

Carolyne Willis

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Paulette (Willis) Porter

Added: Dec 05, 2015

Ruth (Stephens) Willis

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Ruth (Stephens) Willis

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Valarie J (Willis) Jackson

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Valarie J (Willis) Jackson

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In 1908, in the year that Jewell Willis was born, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was established as the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States; it simultaneously served as the nation's prime federal law enforcement agency. Stanley Finch was the first Chief (now called Director).

In 1917, by the time she was just 9 years old, in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.

In 1964, she was 56 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.

In 1984, at the age of 76 years old, Jewell was alive when on January 1, "Baby Bells" were created. AT&T had been the provider of telephone service (and equipment) in the United States. The company kept Western Electric, Bell Labs, and AT&T Long Distance. Seven new regional companies (the Baby Bells) covered local telephone service and were separately owned. AT&T lost 70% of its book value due to this move.

In 1997, she was 89 years old when on August 31st, Princess Diana of Great Britain was killed when her car crashed into a pillar in the tunnel under the Pont de l'Alma bridge in Paris. The car she was riding in was trying to evade the paparazzi but it was also discovered later that the driver of the car, who was also killed, had three times the legal limit of alcohol which likely contributed to the accident.