Nancy Debra Willis, known as Debbie, was 25 when she was last seen by family in Gate City, Virginia on December 23, 1986. She had been in town for the Christmas holiday and was expected to return to her home in Ringgold, Georgia. At the time she and her husband, Howard Hawk Willis, were building a house in Bradley County, Tennessee.

Nancy is described as 5 feet 3 inches, about 125 pounds, with light brown hair and brown eyes. Her family says it was uncharacteristic for her to cut off contact, which prompted concern. Howard Hawk Willis later gave a different account, saying the last time he saw her was March 11, 1987, when he took her to a bus station in Chattanooga and she told him she was leaving him. That March sighting is the last reported time anyone saw Nancy.

Foul play is suspected and her husband has been considered a suspect but has never been charged in Nancy’s disappearance. The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate. Did anyone in Gate City, Ringgold, Chattanooga, or Bradley County know Nancy or see her around December 1986 through March 1987?