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Mrs. Allie Denmon Wills, 96, of Cullen, La. died Friday, April 14, 2000 at her residence following a long illness.

Funeral services were held Saturday, April 15, 2000 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Cotton Valley, where she was a member, with the Reverends Roy D. Strother, Jesse Smith and Kenny Joyner officiating. Burial was in the Cotton Valley Cemetery under the direction of Bailey Mortuary, Springhill, La.

Mrs. Wills was a descendant of Green and Lula Spencer Denmon and native of Sarepta, La. where she lived until her marriage to John E. Wills, of Cotton Valley. She was a former resident of Cotton Valley and had made her home in Cullen the last 10 years and was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. John E. Wills; a beloved nephew, Michael Olson, her parents, Green and Lula Spencer Denmon; sisters, Carrie Neely, Lillie Martin, Grace Burks and Iva Robinson; brothers, A.G. "Cap" Denmon and C.G. "Carl" Denmon.

She is survived by three sisters, Lucille Miniuks, of Orange, Ma., Maxine Miller of Cotton Valley, La., and Hazel Strother, of Cullen, La.; four brothers, A.O. Denmon of Lovington, NM, Jim Denmon and his wife, Doris of Forest, La., Arthur Denmon and his wife, Eve; Oscar Denmon and his wife, Alma, all of Tyler, Tx; a sister-in-law, Lillian Adkins Bigham, of Whiteoak, Tx.

Serving as pallbeareres were Terry Denmon, Robert Denmon, Tom Denmon, Art Denmon, Doug Denmon, Dan Miller, John Miller and Shane Strother.

(Published in the Springhill Press on April 20, 2000)

Allie married John Edmond Wills 5 Oct 1925, Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA. John (son of Robert Lee Wills and Esther Houston) was born 13 Jan 1897, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 30 Dec 1981, Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 1 Jan 1982, Cotton Valley Cemetery - Cotton Valley, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]