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- He was a farmer and taught school a few years at a young age.
1900 Marshall Co., TN Census
Deed from Liddie J. Ortner to W.T. SORRELLS Written 19 Oct 1899 and Filed for record, April 18th, 1903: 4 acres of land in the 8th District Moore Co., TN, west of Mulberry Creek.
March 9, 1939
Petersburg Letter
Birthday Celebration
Mr. W. T. Sorrells celebrated his eighty-first birthday at his home near here Monday, everyone bringing baskets of lunch. There were sixty-nine relatives and friends present. Those from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Price and family of Huntsville; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cowden of Loyal, Ky.; Mrs. Betty Sorrells and son, W. H. of Shelbyville; Mrs. Jackson of Shelbyville; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Finley of Delina; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lane and son, Thurman, and daughter, Frieda Hart. Mr. Sorrells was confined to his bed but was not too ill to welcome his many friends. He received many nice and useful gifts.
March 23, 1939
Petersburg Letter
Personals
Mr. Roy Lane visited Mr. W. T. Sorrells, who continues real sick at his home near Hannah's Gap.
Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965
Name: Will T Sarrella
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 81
Birth Date: 5 Mar 1858
Birth Place: USA
Death Date: 22 Mar 1939
Death Place: Petersburg, Marshall, Tennessee, USA
Father: James Edward Sarrell
Mother: Mahala Cain Elzey
Certificate Number: 8485
Sorrells
Funeral services for Mr. William Thomas Sorrells, 81, who died at his home Wednesday morning, were held Thursday at the home by Rev. Vernon Rich.
He was born and reared on the same farm where he died. He was a member of an old pioneer family.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fannie Gibson Sorrells; two daughters, Mrs. Lewis Brown, of Bakersfield, Calif.; and Mrs. Leonard Cowden, of Loyal, Ky.; one son, Eugene Sorrells, of Petersburg; and one sister, Mrs. Emma Sorrells Leech, of Donia, Florida.
Lincoln County News - March 30, 1939
Obituary in the Shelbyville Gazette:
Sorrells, William T. age 81, Mar 30, 1939, pg 2, Buried in Old Orchard. Wife; not named. 2 daughters; Mrs. Leonard Cowden, Mrs. Louis Brown of Calif. Son Gene Sorrells.
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1858 - 1939 (81 years)
