WILLIAM ERNEST WILLETT JR.{ERNEST} WAS BORN IN SHARPERSVILLE MD ON APRIL 1, 1911 TO WILLIAM E AND ANNA MARIE BROWNING WILLETT.HIS FIRST HOME WAS A LOG CABIN ON WHAT IS NOW RT. 373, PRINCE GEORGES CO. MARYLAND. ABOUT ONE QUARTER MILE FROM THE DR.A.L.MIDDLETON FARM. IN 1919 HIS FAMILY MOVED TO A SHARECROP FARM ADJOINING THE MIDDLETON FARM AND HE GREW UP HELPING HIS FATHER GROW TOBACCO, CORN, HAY AND MARKET PRODUCE, HE WENT TO A ONE ROOM SCHOOL AND HIS TEACHER WAS MARIA QUEEN. AS A YOUNG TEENAGE BOY HE LOVED TO GO WITH HIS UNCLE GROVER CLEVELAND WILLETT TO THE DIFFERENT JOISTING TOURAMENTS AND HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT, FROM 1926 TO 1948 HE WON 42 PRIZES INCLUDING 36 QUEENS.HE WAS THE THIRD CHILD OF FIVE AND THE OLDEST SON, MOST OF HIS LIFE WAS TOBACCO FARMING,HE WAS A UNION CARPENTER ALSO WORK FOR THE PRINCE GEORGES CO. SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A CUSTODIAN FROM 1966 TO 1976. IN 1949 AND 1950 HE AND HIS WIFE MAY BEALL PEARSON WILLETT HAD TWO SONS.HE WAS A GREAT STORY TELLER AND TALKED ABOUT DR. MIDDLETON AND ALZINE MIDDLETON EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE, HIS BEST FRIEND WAS ALEXANDER MIDDLETON JR.{DICK}THEY GREW UP TOGETHER ON THE FARM, DICK MIDDLETON DIED IN 1960. IN 1984 HE MARRIED DORIS ADKINS BURKETT AT ST. MARYS CHURCH IN PISCATAWAY MARYLAND.HIS WORLD WAS SHARPERSVILLE/ACCOKEEK MD, HE LOVED TO RABBIT HUNT WITH HIS BROTHER HENRY ELMO AND HIS TWO SONS BUTCH AND BUCK, ON THE MIDDLETON FARM. ON MARCH 26 2000 ABOUT NOON HE PASSED AWAY QUIETLY AT THE HOSPITAL IN LAPLATA MD, HIS FATHER ALSO PASSED AWAY IN THAT HOSPITAL AND HIS YOUNGEST SON WAS BORN THERE.HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS A HARD WORKER AND A GOOD MAN.
WILLIAM ERNEST WILLETT JR.{ERNEST} WAS BORN IN SHARPERSVILLE MD ON APRIL 1, 1911 TO WILLIAM E AND ANNA MARIE BROWNING WILLETT.HIS FIRST HOME WAS A LOG CABIN ON WHAT IS NOW RT. 373, PRINCE GEORGES CO. MARYLAND. ABOUT ONE QUARTER MILE FROM THE DR.A.L.MIDDLETON FARM. IN 1919 HIS FAMILY MOVED TO A SHARECROP FARM ADJOINING THE MIDDLETON FARM AND HE GREW UP HELPING HIS FATHER GROW TOBACCO, CORN, HAY AND MARKET PRODUCE, HE WENT TO A ONE ROOM SCHOOL AND HIS TEACHER WAS MARIA QUEEN. AS A YOUNG TEENAGE BOY HE LOVED TO GO WITH HIS UNCLE GROVER CLEVELAND WILLETT TO THE DIFFERENT JOISTING TOURAMENTS AND HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT, FROM 1926 TO 1948 HE WON 42 PRIZES INCLUDING 36 QUEENS.HE WAS THE THIRD CHILD OF FIVE AND THE OLDEST SON, MOST OF HIS LIFE WAS TOBACCO FARMING,HE WAS A UNION CARPENTER ALSO WORK FOR THE PRINCE GEORGES CO. SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A CUSTODIAN FROM 1966 TO 1976. IN 1949 AND 1950 HE AND HIS WIFE MAY BEALL PEARSON WILLETT HAD TWO SONS.HE WAS A GREAT STORY TELLER AND TALKED ABOUT DR. MIDDLETON AND ALZINE MIDDLETON EVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE, HIS BEST FRIEND WAS ALEXANDER MIDDLETON JR.{DICK}THEY GREW UP TOGETHER ON THE FARM, DICK MIDDLETON DIED IN 1960. IN 1984 HE MARRIED DORIS ADKINS BURKETT AT ST. MARYS CHURCH IN PISCATAWAY MARYLAND.HIS WORLD WAS SHARPERSVILLE/ACCOKEEK MD, HE LOVED TO RABBIT HUNT WITH HIS BROTHER HENRY ELMO AND HIS TWO SONS BUTCH AND BUCK, ON THE MIDDLETON FARM. ON MARCH 26 2000 ABOUT NOON HE PASSED AWAY QUIETLY AT THE HOSPITAL IN LAPLATA MD, HIS FATHER ALSO PASSED AWAY IN THAT HOSPITAL AND HIS YOUNGEST SON WAS BORN THERE.HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS A HARD WORKER AND A GOOD MAN.
