John Thomas Dillin
1907 - 1951 (43 years)
Generation: 1
1. John Thomas Dillin was born 29 Apr 1907, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; died 22 Feb 1951, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA; was buried , Forest Hill Cemetery - Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Notes:
Obituary:
John Thomas Dillin, News composing room employe, succumbs
John Thomas Dillin, 43, a machinist in the composing room of The Birmingham News, died at a local hospital last night.
Born in Birmingham, Mr. Dillin had worked for The News 11 years before he went to Houston to work 15 years ago. He returned to The News last September.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Martha Dillin, Houston; a daughter, Reba Betha Dillin, Victoria, Tex.; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Dillin, Sr., Birmingham; a brother, H. E. Dillin, Jr., Birmingham, and two sisters, Mrs. F. E. Waldron, San Francisco, and Mrs. G. O. Rollins, Birmingham.
Mr. Dillin made his home here at 5009 Second Avenue, North.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Vice Funeral Home.
(Published in The Birmingham News on February 23, 1951)John married Martha May Greer 30 Oct 1945, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA. Martha (daughter of Avery Monroe Greer and Ida Elizabeth Crenshaw) was born 16 Feb 1904, Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA; died 4 Jun 1998, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA; was buried 6 Jun 1998, Peach Creek Cemetery - College Station, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet]