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Walter CORNETT

Walter CORNETT

Male 1927 - 2000  (72 years)

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  • Name Walter CORNETT  [1, 2, 3
    Born 19 Dec 1927  Diablock, Perry, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Feb 2000  Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I4103  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2020 

    Father Boyd CORNETT,   b. 21 Mar 1889, Diablock, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1947  (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary MCLEMORE,   b. 1 Nov 1893, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1973  (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1910  [1
    Family ID F1203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Allene ADAMS 
    Married 4 Aug 1951 
    Children 
     1. Warren CORNETT  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2020 
    Family ID F1293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Feb 2000 - Bedford, Lawrence, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Cornett - Walter Cornett of Williams, IN, died Tuesday, February 1, 2000, at Dunn Memorial Hospital. Born on December 19, 1927, in Diablock (Perry County), KY, he was the son of Boyd and Mary (McLemore) Cornett. He married Allene Adams on August 4, 1951, and she survives.

      Also surviving are one son, Warren Cornett of Williams, IN; three sisters: Salley Daviess of Alabama, Hattie Bowman of Melbourne, FL, Georgia Plummer of Williams, IN; two brothers, Fred Cornett of Williams, IN, and Leonard Cornett of Shoals, IN; and one step-granddaughter, Deanna Johnson of Williams, IN; He was preceded in death by one sister, Bertie Keith, and six brothers: Lawrence, Robert, William, Johnny, Vernon, and Troy.

      He retired from NAD Crane, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. He was a charter member of Bethel Baptist Church of Williams, where he was a deacon and treasurer.

      Services for Walter Cornett will be at 12 noon on Friday, February 4th, at the Day & Carter Mortuary with Pastor Dana Adams officiating. Burial will follow in the Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery with military rites accorded by members of the American Legion Gillen Post #33 of Bedford. Friends may call from 3-8 p.m. Thursday at the Day & Carter Mortuary. The family asks that friends consider memorial contributions to The American Cancer Society of the Gideons.

  • Sources 
    1. [S19] 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2002.Original data - Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930, T626, 2,667 rolls.Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the Uni;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Hazard, Perry, Kentucky; Roll: 774; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0020; FHL microfilm: 2340509.

    2. [S2] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1998; Roll: 04.

    3. [S23] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Perry, Kentucky; Roll: m-t0627-01349; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 97-23.


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