Clarence I. Willis and Sophie Gunter Willis and children: Ruby, Beatrice & James

Clarence I. Willis was the eldest child of Henry Elwa Willis and Sarah F. Duplissey and the eldest grandchild of Daniel Hubbard Willis and Julia Ann Graham Willis. Henry Elwa Willis and Sarah F. Duplissey had the following eight children: Clarence I. Willis (b. Jan. 18, 1892; d. Dec. 4, 1940), Viola Willis (b. Dec. 28, 1893; d. Dec. 14, 1973), Elbert K. Willis (b. Feb. 26, 1897; d. Dec. 19, 1974), Henry Willis (b. Mar. 30, 1899; d. Sept. 29, 1977), Mae Willis (b. May 1, 1902), Kit Carson Willis (b. May 8, 1905), Bessie Willis (b. July 8, 1908), and Frank Willis (b. Dec. 2, 1915).