52 Ancestors 2015 Week #4 - Joseph Willard McKee

I received an e-mail this past week that two of the ancestors I had profiled during 2014 were not even my relatives!  Week 39's Amos Garth NormanWeek 43's Estella Emma Goewey who I had thought were parents to my 2nd great grandmother I profiled in Week 3, Ada Viola Norman.  Turns out that their daughter named Alta Viola never married or had any children.  This also means that I do not have birth or death information for Ada Viola (or possibly Adeline).  

Anyway, this week's theme from No Story to Small is an ancestor with the closest birthday to yours.  The closest I could find is Joseph Willard McKee, my 2nd cousin 3x removed.

Joseph Willard McKee was born on 26 Oct 1908 in Missouri to Elia Arthur McKee (1882-1968) and Georgiana Carrico (1887-1960).  Joseph was the oldest of six children:

• Arthur Harold (1911-1982)
• Elia Carl (1911-1988)
• Paulina Georgiana (1915-1991)
• Warren Gamaliel (1920-2013)
• Clifford John Calvin (1925-1958)

Joseph married Gladys Mae Lawrence (1909-1962) on 27 Apr 1927.  They would have four children:

• Betty Lou (1927-2008)
• Mary Jo (1930-1933)
• Don Willard (1933-2007)
• Barbara Ann (1937-1938)

Joseph died on 13 Sep 1989 at age 80.  Joseph is buried at Pottersville Cemetery in Pottersville, Missouri.