William Henry “Bill” WOOTEN

1904 - 1996  (91 years)

• Name	William Henry “Bill” WOOTEN  [1, 2]
  Birth	4 Jul 1904	, , TN, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jan 1996	Baptist Hospital Tipton, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA   [2]
  Burial	Covington Memorial Gardens, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I4756	Boyd
  Last Modified	25 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Elbert Henry WOOTEN,   b. 9 Aug 1879   d. 24 Mar 1946 (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Emma WITHERINGTON,   b. 11 Jan 1882, , , TN, USA d. 13 Oct 1975 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1901	, Tipton, TN, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F2352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth HALL,   b. 5 Dec 1907   d. 9 Oct 2000 (Age 92 years)
  Children	1. Ann WOOTEN   2. Nancy WOOTEN
  Family ID	F3436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Jul 1904 - , , TN, USA Death - 11 Jan 1996 - Baptist Hospital Tipton, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA Burial - - Covington Memorial Gardens, Covington, Tipton, TN, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN, USA) - January 13, 1996 Deceased Name: WILLIAM HENRY WOOTEN WILLIAM HENRY WOOTEN, 91, of Covington, Tenn., founder and operator of Wooten Oil Co. for more than 50 years, died of heart failure Thursday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington. Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First Presbyterian Church of Covington, where he was a deacon and an elder, with burial in Covington Memorial Gardens. He also owned the Penny Pantry Inc. and Wooten Transport Co. in Memphis for about 35 years. He had been on the board of directors of Tipton County Bank and a director of the First Utility District. He was a Mason, a Shriner and a co-founder of the Covington Country Club. Mr. Wooten, the husband of Elizabeth Hall Wooten, also leaves two daughters, Ann Wooten of Atlanta and Nancy Wooten of Memphis; a sister, Sarah Gordon of Memphis; two brothers, Paul Wooten and Robert Wooten, both of Munford, Tenn.; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family requests that any memorials be sent to First Presbyterian Church or a charity of the donor's choice. Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN, USA) Date: January 13, 1996 Edition: Final Page: A12 Record Number: 9601020468 Copyright (c) 1996 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, USA [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] 1910 US Federal Census. [S43] Obituary of William Henry Wooten, (Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) 13 January 1996). [S68] Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN).