Joseph William 'Bill' Wooten

1923 - 1972  (49 years)

• Name	Joseph William 'Bill' Wooten  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Birth	3 Aug 1923	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13]
  		Birth-WOOTEN Joseph W
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [12]
  	"Billy" Age:6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Boarder (Son of Lelia)
  Census	1940	Davidson County, Tennessee, USA   [11]
  	Age: 16; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Stepson of Ernest Parker
  _MILT	6 Feb 1943	Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa, Georgia, USA   [2, 5, 14]
  	US Army Air Corps - WWII: Sergeant; 192nd Fighter Squadron
  		Military-WOOTEN J W (Discharge)
  		Bill Wooten USAAF
  		Military-WOOTEN Joseph (Discharge)
  Census	1950	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 13, 15]
  	Joseph Wooten; Age 26; Married to Eleanor; Supervisor, Shoe Factory
  Military Award	Military Awards: European African Middle Eastern Service Medal with 1 Silver Star and 1 Bronze Star; Distinguished Unit Badge with Oak-Leaf Cluster; Belgian Distinguished Unit Citation; Good Conduct Medal
  		Medal-Distinguished Unit
  		Medal-European African Middle Eastern Service
  Social Security Number	Bef 1951	Tennessee, USA   [4]
  	413-22-5454
  Residence	Dec 1960	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [16]
  	JW Wooten
  Obituary	Oct 1972
  	Nashville Tennessean - Page 30 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5602911//
  		Obituary-WOOTEN Josesh William "Bill"
  Occupation	American Biltrite Rubber Co
  _FUN	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
  	Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home - The Rev Dan Farmer, pastor of Valley View Baptist Church, officiated
  Death	9 Oct 1972	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  	VA Hospital
  		Death-WOOTEN Joseph
  Burial	Nashville National Cemetery, Madison, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [1, 5, 8, 14]
  	(Section LL, Site 1035)
  		Program-Nashville National Cemetery (VA)
  		Cemetery-Nashville National (Nashville TN)
  Person ID	I24180	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Joe William Wooten,   b. 6 Mar 1896, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, USA d. 6 Nov 1957, Mount Vernon, Posey, Indiana, USA (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lela Myrtle Herring,   b. 23 Jan 1896, Carthage, Smith, Tennessee, USA d. 1 Jan 1979, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	15 Feb 1919	Sumner County, Tennessee, USA   [17]
  Family ID	F11542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor Ruth Smith,   b. 10 Aug 1925, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 17 Aug 2004, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	16 Sep 1943	Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA   [6, 10, 18, 19]
  	by Owen C Jones, Chaplain
  		Marriage-WOOTEN Eleanor & Joseph
  Family Residence	Jun 1968	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [20]
  Marriage End	1972
  	Death of Bill
  Children	1. Pamela Ann Wooten   2. Dana Lee Wooten   3. Diana Gail Wooten,   b. 4 Nov 1944, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA d. 20 Jul 1992, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 47 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F9672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Aug 1923 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Census - "Billy" Age:6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Boarder (Son of Lelia) - 1930 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Census - Age: 16; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Stepson of Ernest Parker - 1940 - Davidson County, Tennessee, USA _MILT - US Army Air Corps - WWII: Sergeant; 192nd Fighter Squadron - 6 Feb 1943 - Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa, Georgia, USA Marriage - 16 Sep 1943 - Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, USA Census - Joseph Wooten; Age 26; Married to Eleanor; Supervisor, Shoe Factory - 1950 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Social Security Number - 413-22-5454 - Bef 1951 - Tennessee, USA Residence - JW Wooten - Dec 1960 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Family Residence - Jun 1968 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA _FUN - Phillips-Robinson Funeral Home - The Rev Dan Farmer, pastor of Valley View Baptist Church, officiated - - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Death - 9 Oct 1972 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• News

  Obituary-WOOTEN Josesh William "Bill"

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Diana Gail Wooten http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=20088382840&indiv=try [S1189] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;). [S230] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online. Record for Jos W Wooten [S213] U.S. Social Security Administration, Database online. Number: 413-22-5454; Issue State: Tennessee; Issue Date: Before 1951. [S149] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. [S46] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). Marriage date: 16 Sep 1943 Marriage place: Coffee, Tennessee Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [S1234] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.Original data: Beneficiary Identificati;). Birth date: 3 Aug 1923 Birth place: Death date: 9 Oct 1972 Death place: [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S35] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Tennessean; Publication Date: 19/ Aug/ 2004; Publication Place: Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/245218551/?article=0f8dc901-630e-4d9a-abf3-55904f4d3b89&focus=0.3903114,0.2809058,0.49872062,0.7331546. [S3] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), Publication Date: 10/ Oct/ 1943; Publication Place: Nashville, Tennessee, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/148648439/?article=ccc84c4d-0bcd-4129-98d2-2b36007a56ec&focus=0.5027487,0.8152208,0.6311074,0.90932345&xid=3398. [S27] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Davidson, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03886; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 19-42. 1940 United States Federal Census [S12] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0179; FHL microfilm: 2341976. 1930 United States Federal Census [S1] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Davidson, Tennessee;. 1950 United States Federal Census [S2402] Fold3: Joseph Wooten, http://www.fold3.com/page/51177760_. Military Service World War II Branch:Army Air Forces Rank: Sergeant Service Start Date: 2/6/1942 Enlistment: 06 Feb 1943 Enlistment:Fort Oglethorpe, GA  WWII:Sgt. US Army Air Corps http://www.fold3.com/page/51177760_?xid=1945 [S37] Bureau of the Census, 1950 US Census, (Name: US Department of Commerce; Date: 1950;), 1950 Census - Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee (District 19-146). 1029 Iverson -- Joseph W Wooten Jr; Head; Age: 26; Supervisor, Shoe Factory -- Eleanor Wooten; Wife; Age: 24; Education: 12th Grade -- Diana G Wooten; Daughter; Age: 5; Never Married -- Pamela A Wooten; Daughter; Age: 1; Never Married https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/district-map/62308?search=Iverson%2C+Nashville%2C+Davidson%2C+Tennessee%2C+USA&selection=-86.73799%2C36.20826 1950 Census-WOOTEN Joseph and Eleanor (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) [S746] Obituary of Arthur Herring - Nashville Tennessean - 1960, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee; Date: 12 Dec 1960;), Obituary of Arthur Hastings Herring. HERRING - Friday morning December 9, 1960, at a local Infirmary. Arthur Hastings Herring, Sr, age 89 years. Survived by 3 daughters, Mrs Paul Osterman, Berkley. Calif, Mrs. Stan Cooley. San Francisco. Calif., and Mrs. Walter Selman, Corpus Christi, Texas; 2 sons. Arthur H. Herring Jr. Arizona. and FH Herring, Kansas City, Mo.; 1 granddaughter. Mrs. Beverly Tedder, Atlanta Ga; 3 grandsons: JW Wooten Nashville, Dan Joslin, Atlanta Ga, and Steve Herring, Kansas City, Mo. Remains rest at the funeral home of Phillips-Robinson Co, where funeral services will be conducted Monday morning at 11:00 o'clock by Rev. J. O. Carter. Pallbearers: Garland Moss. Bill Lamb. Charles Underwood, Charles Thompson, Earl Durham, and Ed Smith. Interment. Mausoleum. Spring Hill Cemetery. Phillips Robinson directors. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80855273/the-tennessean/?xid=637 Obituary-HERRING Arthur (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) [S46] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). [S46] Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). Marriage date: 16 Sep 1943 Marriage place: Coffee, Tennessee [S2557] Marriage of Eleanor and Joseph Wooten - Nashville Tennessean - 10 Oct 1943, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville TN; Date: 10 Oct 1943;), WOOTEN-SMITH MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED. Mr and Mrs Mack T Smith announce the marriage of their daughter, Eleanor Ruth, to Cpl Joseph W Wooten, son of Mrs Ernest Parker. The ceremony took place September 16 at the post chapel in Northern Field, Tullahoma, where Corporal Wooten is stationed. Lt Owen C Jones, United States Army Chaplain Corps, was the officiant. The bride attended Isaac Litton High School and is now making her home with her parents on Riverside Drive. • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • 10 Oct 1943, Sun • Page 46 https://www.newspapers.com/image/148648439/?article=ccc84c4d-0bcd-4129-98d2-2b36007a56ec&focus=0.5027487,0.8152208,0.6311074,0.90932345&xid=3398 News-WOOTEN Eleanor and Joseph (Marriage) [S2274] Obituary of Mack Smith - Nashville Tennessean - 1968, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee; Date: 22 Jun 1968;), Mack Ferrin "Tiny" Smith Obituary. SMITH, Mr. Mack Firren- Thursday, June 20, 1968, at a local infirmary. Survived by wife, Mrs: Myrtle Sanderson Smith; daughters, Mrs. Bill Wooten of Nashville and Mrs. Lonie Hamilton of Homewood, Illinois; sons, Harold C. Smith of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Edice R. Smith of Nashville; 14 grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Remains are in the Rose Room of Woodlawn Funeral Home, Thompson Lane. Services will be conducted in the Woodlawn Chapel of Roses, Saturday, June 22, 1968 at 2:00 p.m. by Rev David Coleman. Honorary pallbearers, Coleman H.H.H. class of Riverside Baptist Church. Active pallbearers: grandsons will serve. Interment. Woodlawn Memorial Park. Arrangements by WOODLAWN FUNERAL HOME https://www.newspapers.com/image/111850804/?article=2ae8f7cb-451a-4713-b416-fc32d0fa9cec&focus=0.59774405,0.3878594,0.715185,0.55155003&xid=2378 Obituary-SMITH Mack Ferrin "Tiny"