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Published: July 07, 2006 09:51 pm www.tribstar.com
Terre Haute, IN
Willard Andis

PLEASANTVILLE — Willard Andis, 100, formerly of Pleasantville and Linton died Thursday, July 6, 2006, in Miller’s Assisted Living in Sullivan. He was a retired coal miner from Shasta Coal Co., was a farmer and a mechanic.

He was born April 27, 1906, in Pleasantville to Jake Andis and Mattie Jane Peden Andis. He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 1/2 years, Georgia Buck Andis, in 1997. Survivors include one son, Warren Andis of Abbeville, Ala.; two daughters, Wanda Mowery of Anderson, and Wilma “Winkie” Dowdy of Bloomfield; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. He also was preceded in death by one son, Wilfred Lee Andis; two brothers, Ralph and Floyd Andis; and one sister, Jenny Goodman.

He was a member of Pleasantville United Methodist Church.

Services are 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Newkirk’s Funeral Home in Dugger, with the Rev. John Booker officiating. Burial is in Mount Moriah Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today.

Sullivan County Daily Times - unknown dates of publication