Tillis Family History & Genealogy

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Yvonne H Tillis.

James Tillis died in Dade City, Pasco County, Florida United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Tillis.

Lonnie Lee Tillis was born on November 20, 1907, and died at age 74 years old on December 2, 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lonnie Lee Tillis.

W Tillis of Crockett, Houston County, Texas was born on May 18, 1912 in Crockett, and died at age 57 years old in November 1969.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Irene Tillis.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Claudia Ann Tillis.

Elizabeth Mary Tillis of Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma United States was born on November 26, 1950. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth Mary Tillis.

Biography Composer-performer-educator- and poet, Frederick Tillis was born in Galveston, Texas on January 5, 1930. He is a graduate of Wiley College, receiving his B.A. at the age of 19, then received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of Iowa. His catalog includes more than 125 compositions and commissions, spanning both jazz and classical European traditions in various media - orchestral, jazz, instrumental, choral, chamber music, and vocal works. Melodic and harmonic textures reflect elements of various musics of the world, including Asian and Western cultures, as well as natural outgrowths of his ethnic and cultural background. Tillis' music is performed nationally and abroad. Among his commissioned compositions are "A Symphony of Songs," a choral/orchestral work based on poems by Wallace Stevens and commissioned by The Hartford Chorale, Inc. (1999); "A Festival Journey," (1992) and "Ring Shout Concerto," (1974) for percussion, written for Max Roach and premiered by Max Roach and symphony orchestra; and "Concerto for Piano" (Jazz Trio) and symphony orchestra (1983) written for Billy Taylor and performed with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Tillis has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the 1997 Commonwealth Award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and an award for outstanding service from the Inte... Composer-performer-educator- and poet, Frederick Tillis was born in Galveston, Texas on January 5, 1930. He is a graduate of Wiley College, receiving his B.A. at the age of 19, then received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Music Composition from the University of Iowa. His catalog includes more than 125 compositions and commissions, spanning both jazz and classical European traditions in various media - orchestral, jazz, instrumental, choral, chamber music, and vocal works. Melodic and harmonic textures reflect elements of various musics of the world, including Asian and Western cultures, as well as natural outgrowths of his ethnic and cultural background. Tillis' music is performed nationally and abroad. Among his commissioned compositions are "A Symphony of Songs," a choral/orchestral work based on poems by Wallace Stevens and commissioned by The Hartford Chorale, Inc. (1999); "A Festival Journey," (1992) and "Ring Shout Concerto," (1974) for percussion, written for Max Roach and premiered by Max Roach and symphony orchestra; and "Concerto for Piano" (Jazz Trio) and symphony orchestra (1983) written for Billy Taylor and performed with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Tillis has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the 1997 Commonwealth Award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and an award for outstanding service from the International Association of Jazz Educators. As Professor of Music at the University of Massachusetts, he taught music composition and a survey course in the history of Afro-American Music & Musicians. Beginning his professional performing career at the age of 12, as a jazz saxophonist, he traveled with the Tillis-Holmes Jazz Duo and the Tradewinds Jazz Ensemble to Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, the former Soviet Union, Switzerland, and Turkey. As an educator and cultural ambassador, Tillis visited the University of Fort Hare in South Africa to advise in the establishment of their jazz studies program, served as a Master Artist in residence at the Akiyoshidai International Art Village in Yamaguchi, Japan and conducted a three-week residency on behalf of the United States Information Agency at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand in 1991 to help the school establish a major in jazz. Dr. Tillis has published a text book entitled Jazz Theory and Improvisation and fifteen books of poetry: In the Spirit and the Flesh; Images of Mind and Heart; In Celebration; Of Moons, Moods, Myths, and the Muse; Harlem Echoes; Children's Corner: From A to Z; Seasons, Symbols, and Stones; Akiyoshidai Diary; Scattered Ghosts & Southern Winds; Bittersweet Harvest; Breaking Dawn & Healing; The Nature of Things: Human and Otherwise; Beginning Again; China-Shades, Shadows, and Scenes; and Ghosts and Winds in Eqypt's Lands. Dr. Tillis is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Music and Dance and serves as Director Emeritus of the University Fine Arts Center and Director Emeritus of the Jazz in July Workshops in Improvisation at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Mel Tillis was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s as part of the outlaw country movement, with a long list of Top 10 hits.

Karendus D Tillis of Flint, Genesee County, MI was born on April 8, 1987 to Claudia Ann Tillis and Patrick Carradine. They had a sister Patricia Toniett Carradine. Karendus Tillis died at age 15 years old on August 23, 2002.

Margaret May (Walkenhorst) Scheyer Tillis was born in 1918 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio United States, and died at age 92 years old in 2010 in Green Cove Springs, Clay County, FL. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Margaret May (Walkenhorst) Scheyer Tillis.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Tillis Jr..

Alan S Tillis was born on November 4, 1952, and died at age 37 years old in February 1990. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alan S Tillis.

Rodella Tillis of Fort Myers, Lee County, FL was born on July 25, 1900, and died at age 95 years old on April 23, 1996.

Benjamin Tillis of Somerset, Bristol County, MA was born on December 2, 1896, and died at age 85 years old in September 1982.

Ethel Tillis of Merrick, Nassau County, NY was born on October 15, 1889, and died at age 77 years old in October 1966.

Benjamin Tillis of Fort Myers, Lee County, FL was born on September 3, 1889, and died at age 90 years old in May 1980.

Blanche D Tillis of North Fort Myers, Lee County, FL was born on September 3, 1934, and died at age 67 years old on January 6, 2002.

Stanley D Tillis of Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ was born on September 29, 1927, and died at age 69 years old on September 14, 1997.

Irving Tillis of Fort Lee, Bergen County, NJ was born on February 20, 1919, and died at age 61 years old in June 1980.