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James Willis “J. W.” Cannon

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James Willis “J. W.” Cannon

Birth
Chicod, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA
Death
9 Feb 1946 (aged 76)
Chicod, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA
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Chicod, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA
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James Willis Cannon Dead
Daily Reflector, Greenville, NC, Mon., Feb. 11, 1946
James Willis CANNON, 76, died at his home near Chicod school Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock after several months' illness. Funeral services were held from the home Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Walter B. NOBLES, Free Will Baptist minister of Winterville, assisted by the Rev. Hayes CLARK, Presbyterian minister of Greenville. Burial was in the Smith family cemetery. Mr. CANNON was a life-long resident of Pitt County and was a member of Reedy Branch Free Will Baptist Church near Winterville. Mr. CANNON was first married to Susan JONES of Beaufort County. Surviving this union are a son, Abram CANNON of Wilmington; and four daughters, Mrs. Bessie Elizabeth TRIPP of Farmville, Mrs. L. M. MARSLANDER of Galloway's Cross Roads, Mrs. E. D. MERRITT of Wilmington, Del., and Mrs. O. K. KITTRELL of Lumberton. His second marriage was to Sophia Louisa BUCK of Pitt County, who survives with three sons, James Willis CANNON, Jr., Thomas Jefferson CANNON, and Henry CANNON, all of the home; and four daughters, Mrs. A. V. HILL of Kinston and Sarah Jane, Verna and Pearlie Louise CANNON of the home. Also surviving are 24 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

James Willis Cannon was the son of William and Elizabeth Proctor Cannon and the husband of Sophia Louisa Buck and Susan Jones. He was a farmer. His death was caused by congestive heart failure. He was buried February 10, 1946.
James Willis Cannon Dead
Daily Reflector, Greenville, NC, Mon., Feb. 11, 1946
James Willis CANNON, 76, died at his home near Chicod school Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock after several months' illness. Funeral services were held from the home Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Walter B. NOBLES, Free Will Baptist minister of Winterville, assisted by the Rev. Hayes CLARK, Presbyterian minister of Greenville. Burial was in the Smith family cemetery. Mr. CANNON was a life-long resident of Pitt County and was a member of Reedy Branch Free Will Baptist Church near Winterville. Mr. CANNON was first married to Susan JONES of Beaufort County. Surviving this union are a son, Abram CANNON of Wilmington; and four daughters, Mrs. Bessie Elizabeth TRIPP of Farmville, Mrs. L. M. MARSLANDER of Galloway's Cross Roads, Mrs. E. D. MERRITT of Wilmington, Del., and Mrs. O. K. KITTRELL of Lumberton. His second marriage was to Sophia Louisa BUCK of Pitt County, who survives with three sons, James Willis CANNON, Jr., Thomas Jefferson CANNON, and Henry CANNON, all of the home; and four daughters, Mrs. A. V. HILL of Kinston and Sarah Jane, Verna and Pearlie Louise CANNON of the home. Also surviving are 24 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

James Willis Cannon was the son of William and Elizabeth Proctor Cannon and the husband of Sophia Louisa Buck and Susan Jones. He was a farmer. His death was caused by congestive heart failure. He was buried February 10, 1946.

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