My father, Joseph Lavern Stillman, was born in Nortonville, Kansas, on the 5th of December 1873. My mother Addie Carpenter, was born in Sextonville, Wisconsin, on the 3rd of December 1884. They were married on the 14th of October 1902.
My father died on the 7th of November 1964, and my mother died on the 3rd of January 1997. They are both buried in the Southern Memorial Park, facing the Gulf of Mexico, in Biloxi, Miss.

My brother Ralph passed away in Memphis, Tenn. on October 12th 2003. He was buried with Military Honors by the US Marine Corps, in Memphis, Tenn.

My sister Lucille Dossett, passed away in Ocean Springs, MS., on September 6th, 2006. She was buried in the Southern Memorial Park, facing the Gulf of Mexico in Biloxi, Miss.

Her son Jerry passed away on October 28, 2006, and is buried in Ocean Springs, MS.