Mrs. Willis Dies, Lifelong Resident of Hunt County Mrs. Della Jane Willis, 72, a resident of Celeste, died Thursday morning, August 12, 1965, in a Greenville hospital. She was born January 5, 1893, in Hunt County, and had lived in the county all her life. She was the daughter of Joe Carter and Myrtle Bridge Carter. She married Claud C. Willis on December 17, 1911. He survives. Mrs. Willis was a member of the Methodist Church. Services were held at 4:30 PM, Friday, at the Sorrells and Sons Funeral Chapel in Greenville with burial in the Tidwell Cemetery. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Willis is survived by one son, Spencer Willis of Dallas; three daughters, Mrs. Art Smith of Chicago, Mrs. Lester Cody of Brawley, California, and Mrs. Leon Myers of Lander, Wyoming; four brothers, Wilburn Carter, Earl Carter, and Melvin Carter, all of Greenville, and Eugene Carter of Dallas; one sister, Mrs. Tessie Ross of Denison; nine grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. (August 20, 1965, The Celeste Courier)