NameJohn Hollie Cornette, 1C2R
Birth14 Jun 1901, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death25 Jul 1999, Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia
FatherJesse H. Cornett (1856-1931)
MotherNancy Jane Petitt (1864-1959)
Marriageabt 1922, West Virginia
SpouseIda Louise Holley
Birth18 Dec 1907, Illinois
Death16 Dec 1956, West Virginia
FatherWilliam J. Holley (1876-1965)
MotherClara M. Zinn (1888-1955)
Children
Birthabt 1924, West Virginia
Birthabt 1927, West Virginia
SpouseMr. Ross
3 FVerna Lorine Cornett , 2C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
SpouseMr. Gore
4 MDon Cornette , 2C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
5 FPauline Cornette , 2C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
SpouseMr. Rymer
6 MArthur L. Cornette , 2C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for John Hollie Cornette
He is mentioned as a surviving son in his mother's obituary in Sept 1959, living in Byesville, Oh.

His own obituary from the Charleston (WV) Gazette stated:

John Holly Cornette, 97, of Alum Creek died July 25, 1999, in Heartland of Charleston after a long illness.

He was a retired miner and a self-employed restaurant operator in Morehead, Ky, and Uneeda. He was a member of Assembly of God Church, St. Albans.

Surviving: daughters, Lucille Ross of Pennsylvania, Lorine Gore of Quinland, Pauline Rymer of Alum Creek; sons, William of Letter Gap, Don of De Land, Fla., Art of Beckley; 23 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren.

Service will be 8 p.m. today at Curry Funeral Home, Alum Creek, with Pastor David Cyphers officiating. Graveside service will 2 p.m. Tuesday in Orchard Hills Memory Gardens, Yawkey.
Census Notes for John Hollie & Ida Louise (Family)
1930 census of Boone Co., West Virginia, Crook precinct, lists as family #269/273:
Cornett, John H., coal miner, 28, age at first marriage 21, b. Ky/Ky/Ky; Ida L., wife, 22, age at first marriage 15, b. Illinois/Virginia/Illinois; William E., son, 6; Edna L., dau, 3; Verna L., dau, 1 3/12.

1940 census of Boone Co., West Virginia, Crook precinct, town of Uneeda, enumerated April 8, lists on p. 9B as family #151:
Cornett, J. H., 39, b. Ky, restaurant, married; Lucille, dau, 13; Lorene, dau, 10; Donnie, son, 8; Pauline, dau, 5; Author L., son, 3. All children born in WVa. Ball, Goldy S., hired girl, 26, single, clerk, b. WVa.
Last Modified 11 Dec 2010Created 21 Feb 2014 using Reunion for Macintosh