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James Weldon “Jim” Williams

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James Weldon “Jim” Williams

Birth
Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Death
28 Apr 2011 (aged 88)
Union City, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.0063477, Longitude: -79.9109268
Plot
Mausoleum II, Corr. 4 (right side), Level D, Crypt
Memorial ID
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~ NEWNAN, GEORGIA ~

Mr. James Weldon Williams, 88, died on / at:
• April 28, 2011
• Southwest Christian Hospice (in Union City, Georgia)

His funeral service date / time / location / officiator was:
• Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 3:00 pm
• Resurrection Lutheran Church
• Pastor Barbara Gibson

His interment date / location was:
• Tuesday, May 3, 2011
• Guilford Memorial Park in Greensboro, North Carolina
(following a Celebration of Life ceremony @ 3:00 pm)

He had been a resident of:
• Newnan, Georgia (Lake Hills) since 1968

His military service details are as follows:
• Served as a B-17 co-pilot during World War II
• He completed Air Cadet Training at Independence, Missouri and Pine Bluff, Arkansas)
• Completed thirty-five missions over Germany
(as a member of the 85th Bomb Group of the Army Air Corp 8th Air Force stationed in Horham, England)

His occupation was as a:
• Captain with Eastern Air Lines (for more than thirty-seven years; retiring in 1983)

He was a member of:
• Resurrection Lutheran Church in Newnan, Georgia

He was the son of: (predeceased by)
George Wesley Williams (05/09/1902 - 02/21/1982)
Fleta Mae Edwards Williams (09/06/1901 - 09/25/1981)

He was the husband of: (predeceased by)
Dorothy M Mulso Williams (09/06/1924 - 12/08/2003)
(his wife of fifty-three years; he met her while at Army Air Corp Cadet School)

He was survived by:
• Angela Williams (his daughter, of Raleigh, North Carolina)
• Pamela Glanton (his daughter, of Riverdale, Georgia)
• Terrence "Terry" Williams (his son, of Woodstock, Georgia
• Wesley Williams (his grandson, of Mobile, Alabama)
• Joshua Glanton (his grandson, of Fayetteville, Georgia)
• Courtney Williams (his granddaughter, of Woodstock, Georgia)
• Carrie Williams (his granddaughter, of Woodstock, Georgia)
• Three great-grandchildren
Cecil Monroe Williams (his brother, of Greensboro, North Carolina) (09/18/1925 - 11/27/2011)
Franklin Dwight Williams (his brother, of Siler City, North Carolina) (02/16/1934 - 10/16/2011)
• Mary Frances Williams Thacker (his sister, of Graham, North Carolina)
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~ SOURCES:
• News & Record (April 30, 2011)
• Ancestry

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____________________________________________

~ NEWNAN, GEORGIA ~

Mr. James Weldon Williams, 88, died on / at:
• April 28, 2011
• Southwest Christian Hospice (in Union City, Georgia)

His funeral service date / time / location / officiator was:
• Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 3:00 pm
• Resurrection Lutheran Church
• Pastor Barbara Gibson

His interment date / location was:
• Tuesday, May 3, 2011
• Guilford Memorial Park in Greensboro, North Carolina
(following a Celebration of Life ceremony @ 3:00 pm)

He had been a resident of:
• Newnan, Georgia (Lake Hills) since 1968

His military service details are as follows:
• Served as a B-17 co-pilot during World War II
• He completed Air Cadet Training at Independence, Missouri and Pine Bluff, Arkansas)
• Completed thirty-five missions over Germany
(as a member of the 85th Bomb Group of the Army Air Corp 8th Air Force stationed in Horham, England)

His occupation was as a:
• Captain with Eastern Air Lines (for more than thirty-seven years; retiring in 1983)

He was a member of:
• Resurrection Lutheran Church in Newnan, Georgia

He was the son of: (predeceased by)
George Wesley Williams (05/09/1902 - 02/21/1982)
Fleta Mae Edwards Williams (09/06/1901 - 09/25/1981)

He was the husband of: (predeceased by)
Dorothy M Mulso Williams (09/06/1924 - 12/08/2003)
(his wife of fifty-three years; he met her while at Army Air Corp Cadet School)

He was survived by:
• Angela Williams (his daughter, of Raleigh, North Carolina)
• Pamela Glanton (his daughter, of Riverdale, Georgia)
• Terrence "Terry" Williams (his son, of Woodstock, Georgia
• Wesley Williams (his grandson, of Mobile, Alabama)
• Joshua Glanton (his grandson, of Fayetteville, Georgia)
• Courtney Williams (his granddaughter, of Woodstock, Georgia)
• Carrie Williams (his granddaughter, of Woodstock, Georgia)
• Three great-grandchildren
Cecil Monroe Williams (his brother, of Greensboro, North Carolina) (09/18/1925 - 11/27/2011)
Franklin Dwight Williams (his brother, of Siler City, North Carolina) (02/16/1934 - 10/16/2011)
• Mary Frances Williams Thacker (his sister, of Graham, North Carolina)
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~ SOURCES:
• News & Record (April 30, 2011)
• Ancestry

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  • Created by: KATHY
  • Added: Apr 30, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69136971/james_weldon-williams: accessed ), memorial page for James Weldon “Jim” Williams (16 Mar 1923–28 Apr 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 69136971, citing Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by KATHY (contributor 47029945).