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John Wesley Williams

12 Dec 1868 – 11 Sep 1961

Birth	12 Dec 1868
Death	11 Sep 1961
Cemetery	Bethlehem Cemetery Whitney , Hill County , Texas , USA
Added by	Cathy Creger Shelley on 25 May 2003
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6702720

Bio

Whitney Messenger Friday, September 15, 1961 Final Rites Wednesday For John W. Williams John W. Williams, 93, died Monday at 10 a.m. in Hillsboro. He was born in Barry, Texas, but had lived most of his life in the Whitney area. For the past 10 years he had resided in Itasca. He was married to Fleta Fields, February 23, 1892. She preceded him in death January 1918. He had been a member of the Baptist Church for the past 70 years. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from Hollingsworth and Marshall Funeral Chapel in Itasca. Burial was here in Bethlehem Cemetery. Survivors include two brothers, Steve Williams of Whitney and Lewis Williams of Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. O.L. Bennett of Plainview and Mrs. W. L. Camp of Whitney; four sons, C.H. Williams of Brawley, Calif., L.V. Williams and Woodrow Williams of Dallas and S. W. Williams of Fort Worth; four daughters, Mrs. P.E. Shelley of Brawley, Calif., Mrs. Thurman Cooper of Dallas, Mrs. L.W. Gardner of Itasca and Mrs. Dick Golden of Dalhart; 48 grandchildren, 62 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.

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Family

Parents

• Daniel Stephen Williams 1842–1899
• Nancy Sina Alston Williams 1844–1917

Spouse

• Fleeta Serena Fields Williams 1875–1918

Siblings

• Daniel Washington "Bud" Williams 1871–1960
• Joseph Robert "Bob" Williams 1873–1915
• Alonzo "Lon" Williams 1874–1940
• Steve Mangum Williams 1876–1964
• Laura Celestine "Tean" Williams Bennett 1877–1971
• Infant Son Williams 1881–1881
• Infant Son Williams 1883–1883
• Annie Christine Williams Camp 1886–1978

Children

• Ethel Williams 1893–1894
• Johnnie Edith Williams Shelley 1895–1960
• Hazel Gertrude Williams Shelley 1896–1984
• Dewey Elbert Williams 1898–1918
• Mae Annie Williams Cooper 1900–1996
• Oscar Alston Williams 1902–1918
• Wessie Odell Williams Copeland 1904–1948
• Chesley Howard "Rass" Williams 1906–1967
• Belva Pauline Williams Gardner 1908–1994
• Sherrell Wayne Williams 1912–2002
• Nelma Norene Williams Golden 1914–2006

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