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Twitty, Johnnie 'Sye'   249987
Birth: 02/12/1914    Death: 02/14/1978    Marriage: 07/22/1940
Cemetery: Springhill Black (NOT PLOTTED)
Record Source: Texas Death Certificate, Researcher-Submitted Info, The Paris News
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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/14/2025)

Notes

THE PARIS NEWS, Wednesday, February 15, 1978, p. 6: “Johny Twitty. Johny (Sie) Twitty of Arthur City died Monday in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Bonham. Services are set for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Maxey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. R. L. Gray, pastor of Palestine Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery. Mr. Twitty was born Feb. 12, 1914, son of Johny and Magnolia (Carter) Twitty. He was a veteran of World War II, serving from Nov. 2, 1944, to Nov. 9, 1946. Survivors include his wife, Alice: five sisters, Edwina Touncil, Fannie Wollerson, Corine Hicks, Talm Lawrence and Lucine J. Brooks, all of Paris; and three brothers, Eugene Twitty and Homer Twitty, both of Paris, and Lonnie Twitty of Littlefield. The family will receive friends 7 to 8 p.m. tonight at the home of Mrs. Wollerson, 1003-SthNE.” Submitted by Tina Vickery.

Information from Thelma Dangerfield, msty@att.net, 10/23/2016: Born to John & Magnolia Carter Twitty. Siblings: Elneda, Edwena, Fannie, Corene, Palm, Lonnie, Homer & Lucille. Married to Elvere Holmes. World War II Veteran

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World War II

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