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Gillis Lee Morgan
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1. Gillis Lee Morgan was born on 5 Mar 1921 in Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 17 Sep 2002; was buried in Oneida, Scott, Tennessee, United States.
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- _UID: 4900FC6242B7484C99D8064ECC80525AF1CB
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MORGAN, GILLIS LEE, SR., 81, Lenoir City, died Sept. 17, 2002 after along battle with heart trouble. Gillis was born March 5, 1921 inCoalfield to William (Bill) and Maggie Hacker Morgan. He was a combatveteran serving in the Army in the South Pacific in World War II. OnDec. 21, 1944, he almost lost his life when a Japanese Kamikaze planehit the LST 460 ship he was fighting on. He was preceded in death byhis parents; two sisters; three brothers and his father-in-law andmother-in-law, Milas and Mary Ray of Oneida. He is survived by hiswife, Margery Ray Morgan whom he married on Easter Sunday, April 25,1943; children, Karen Papania and husband Joe of Cincinnati, Ohio,Gillis Morgan Jr. and wife Joy Amos Morgan of Lenoir City, and JudyMattus and husband John of Vancouver, Washington; grandchildren, JoePapania and wife, Martha of Cincinatti, Ohio; Krista Papania ofDallas, Texas and Billy Lambert of Vancouver, Washington;great-grandchild, Christopher Papania of Cincinnati, Ohio; sister,Ruth Huckeby and John of Vermillion, Ohio; special niece Mendy Catesof Rockwood; special Army buddy, William Grover of Marietta, Ga.Burial in Hazel Valley Cemetery in Oneida. Click Funeral Home Chapelwas in charge of arrangements. [Roane County News] [Photo andcemetery marker]
Family/Spouse: Margery Helen Ray. Margery (daughter of Milas Ray and Mary Young) was born on 15 Aug 1927 in Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States; died on 26 Dec 2009 in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States; was buried in Lenoir City, Loudon, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 2
2. Karen Morgan
(1.Gillis1)
Family/Spouse: Joseph Papania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
3. Gillis Lee Morgan, Jr.
(1.Gillis1)
Gillis married Joyce Amos [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
4. Judith Kay Morgan
(1.Gillis1)
Family/Spouse: Martin Rodrigious. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: John Mattus. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: William Robert Lambert, II. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 3
5. Joseph "Joey" Anthony Papania
(2.Karen2, 1.Gillis1)
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- _UID: 2D8A083FB024415DBC9373AC6C93AB33BB09
Family/Spouse: Martha Mary Harmeyer. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
6. William Robert Lambert, III
(4.Judith2, 1.Gillis1)
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- _UID: ACE269660B3B4C4DAD8C037F3A44913D4380
Generation: 4
7. Krista Lynn Papania
(5.Joseph3, 2.Karen2, 1.Gillis1)