William Hawkins Dillon, Sr.

Male 1907 - 1994  (87 years)


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  • Name William Hawkins Dillon 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth ca 1907  Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Beech Creek twp, dwelling/family 53/54  
    Newspaper 15 Dec 1944  Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Article Describing Death Notification of Private Hawkins Dillon, Jr.
    Article Describing Death Notification of Private Hawkins Dillon, Jr.
    Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins Dillon of Wilmot, Ark. have been notified by the War Department that their son, Private Hawkins Dillon, Jr., who was reported missing in action on December 11, was killed in action in France on December 13, [1944]. He was with the Infantry with General Patch's army and had been overseas since October. Private Dillon was graduated from Wilmot High school in June 1943, and was a student at the Louisiana State University, majoring in agriculture, at the time of his induction into the army March 9, 1944. A member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, he was a popular student among the classmates. Inducted into the army at Camp Robinson, Pvt. Dillon received his training at Camp Fannin, Texas. He is survived by his parents, two brothers, Tom Polk, and Jimmy Dean, one sister, Dorothy: two grandmothers, Mrs. T. M. Dillon of Wilmot, and Mrs. P. D. McKoi, Jones, Louisiana.
    Occupation Farmer Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Religion Baptist Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1980-1994  Jones, Morehouse Par, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 24 Apr 1994  Monroe, Ouachita Par, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Services for Mr. William Hawkins Dillon, 87 of Jones, La., were at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, in the New Hope Baptist Church in the McGinty community at Jones, La. Burial followed services at the Wilmot Cemetery in Wilmont. Mr. Dillon died Sunday, April 24, 1994, at the St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, La., following a lengthy illness. He was a retired farmer and an active senior deacon at the New Hope Baptist Church. He was past Master of the Wilmot Lodge and was a member of St. Andrew's Lodge in Mer Rouge, La. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth McKoin; a son, William Hawkins Dillon, Jr.; and his second wife, Mrs. Oniece Doles. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy and R. C. Whitten of Monroe, daughter-in-law Dorothy Wallace Dillon of West Monroe; son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy Dean and Norma Price Dillon of Baton Rouge, La.; grandchildren Tommy and Alta Dillon of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, James Steven and Katherine Dillon of Baton Rouge, Mary Grace and Robert J. Bozeman of Monroe, Connie and Benny Chelette of West Monroe, Melanie and Lenny Long of Baton Rouge, La., Melinda and Cecil Gorman of Bastrop, and William Conrad Whitten of Jonesville; sisters, Mattie Ova Power of Pine Bluff and Betty Mae Riggin of Portland; sisters-in-law Garlandine Dillon of Dumsa and Patsy Dillon of Tulsa, Oklahoma; sisters and brothers-in-law Lloyd Cates; Leslie and Jane McKoin of Bonita, La., and Marvin and Rita McKoin of Jones; and great grandchildren Thomas and Candice Dillon, Ludia Dillon, Heather and Molly bozeman, Morgan Chelette, John Michael Long, Cecil, Jr., and Daniel Gorman and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Grandsons served as pallbearers and honorary pallbearers were the deacons of the New Hope Baptist Church and members of the senior adult Sunday School Class. Memorials may be made to the New Hope Baptist Church in Jones. Services were directed by Golden Funeral Home of Bastrop. [Source: Ashley County Ledger, Hamburg, Arkansas, May 4, 1994]
    Burial 27 Apr 1994  Wilmot Cemetery, Wilmot, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Tombstone in Wilmot Cemetery reads: Dillon, William Hawkins Sr., 25 Feb 1907, 24 Apr 1994, double stone with Mary Elizabeth McKoin Dillon, children listed on back of stone, William H. Jr.; Dorothy L., Mary G., Connie L., William C.,; Thomas P., Thomas P. Jr., Melinda D.; Jimmy D., J. Steve, Melanie A.
    Person ID I5233  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 May 2018 

    Father Thomas Martin Dillon,   b. 27 Sep 1885, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1944, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Gertrude Lee Mormon,   b. 18 Sep 1888, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1975, Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 16 Sep 1903  Ashley Co, ​ Arkansas, ​ USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Arkansas. Ashley County, Hamburg. Marriage Book, J-525, 19 Sep 1903. Thomas M. Dillon and Gertie Lee Mormon, married by E. T. Mitchell, MG.
    Family ID F2357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Elizabeth McKoin,   b. ca 1910   d. 20 May 1977, Monroe, Ouachita Par, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1925  Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William Hawkins Dillon, Jr.,   b. 25 Nov 1925, Jones, Morehouse Par, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1944, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years)
     2. Dorothy Louise Dillon,   b. 4 Jul 1927, Wilmot, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 2009, Monroe, Ouachita Par, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     3. Thomas Polk Dillon, Sr.,   b. 14 Mar 1929, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1996, Monroe, Ouachita Par, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     4. Jimmy Dean Dillon
    Family ID F2361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2016 

    Family 2 Oniece Doles 
    Family ID F2360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2016 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - ca 1907 - Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Beech Creek twp, dwelling/family 53/54 - 1910 - Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Bef 1925 - Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNewspaper - 15 Dec 1944 - Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - - Farmer Link to Google Earth
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