caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name
studio portrait 2007 march 9 , 2012 jacksonville , fl jacksonville , florida american willye f. clayton dennis march 14 , 1926 leo dennis willye dennis sitting in blue blazer.png willye dennis
 willye frank clayton
willye dennis

willye f. clayton dennis -lrb- march 14 , 1926 -- march 9 , 2012 -rrb- was an american librarian , civil rights activist and florida state legislator .
she was the first african american chief of children 's services for the jacksonville public library system .
she was elected president of the jacksonville branch of the national association for the advancement of colored people , president of the jacksonville alumnae chapter of delta sigma theta and elected to the 15th district of the florida house of representatives for two terms .
