James Archie Columbus Cornette

Weldon Cornett
(1857-1938)

Phebe Angeline Anderson
(1858-1937)

John Estel Cornett
(1887-1960)

Izora Alice Haga
(1883-1938)

James Archie Columbus Cornette
(1908-1995)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Wilhelmina Handy

James Archie Columbus Cornette

Born: 21 Dec 1908, Grayson Co, VA ¹ ²
Marriage (1): Wilhelmina Handy
Died: 22 Nov 1995, Newport News (City), VA at age 86 ²

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Grayson Co, VA - 1910 Federal Census, 10 May 1910, Grayson Co, VA. ³ Wilson Creek, Dist 48, Sheet 18A, Stamped Pg 156

• Census: Grayson Co, VA - 1920 Federal Census, 22 Jan 1920, Grayson Co, VA. ⁴ Wilson, Dist 79, Sheet 10B, Stamped Pg 265

• Obituary: Daily Press: Newport News (City), VA. J. ARCHIE CORNETTE

NEWPORT NEWS - James Archie Cornette, 86, died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1995. He was a native of Flat Ridge, Va., and has been a Peninsula resident since 1929.

Mr. Cornette graduated as valedictorian of his class in 1928 from Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, Va. He retired in 1973 from Newport News Shipbuilding, after 44 years service as a lead staff supervisor in the accounting department. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church.

He is survived by one son, James A. Cornette Jr. of Newport News; two brothers, Dean Cornette of Louisville, Ky., and Glenn Cornette of New Albany, Ind.; two sisters, Susan Bonham of Sugar Grove, Va., and Verna Anderson of Marion. He was preceded in death by his wife, Wilma Handy Cornette, and a brother, Wayne Cornette.

Visitation will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Sunday in the W.J. Smith & Son Funeral Home.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the chapel of W.J. Smith & Son Funeral Home, with Dr. J. Walter Martin officiating. Burial will be in Peninsula Memorial Park.

Arrangements by W.J. Smith & Son Funeral Home.

James married Wilhelmina Handy. (Wilhelmina Handy was born on 21 Aug 1909 in Graysson Co., VA ⁵ ⁶ and died on 13 Jun 1990 in Newport News (City), VA ⁵ ⁶.)

1 World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942, microfilm publication Records of the Selective Service System (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, ancestry.com (database on-line), Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Surety: 3.

2 Social Securtiy Administration, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935 - 2014 (Washington D.C., USA, Social Security Death Index, Master File, Ancestry.com (on-line database), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014), Surety: 3.

3 Virginia, Grayson Co - 1910 Federal Census, Wilson Creek, Dist 48, Sheet 18A, Stamped Pg 156. Surety: 4.

4 Virginia, Grayson Co - 1920 Federal Census, Wilson, Dist 79, Sheet 10B, Stamped Pg 265. Surety: 4.

5 ancestry.com, "U.S., Social Security Applications an Claims Index, 1936-2007" (ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Surety: 3.

6 Virginia Department of Health, "Virginia, Deaths, 1912 -2014" (Richmong, Virginia, Ancestry.com (database on-line), Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Surety: 3.

James Archie Columbus Cornette

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