Chambers County AlArchives Biographies.....Williams, Tim Powell "Babe" May 20 1857 - March 13 1936
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Ron Williams hopewellroad@yahoo.com July 31, 2004, 9:48 pm

Author: Ron Williams
Tim Powell "Babe" Williams was born on May 20, 1857, at Osanippa, Alabama 
(Valley, Alabama, Hopewell Road-Chambers County Road 388). He was the son of 
David Sherrill and Nancy Woodall Williams. He lived his entire life on the farm 
that he was born on.

At a young age, Babe suffered at attack of Polio, which left him walking with a 
cane. Even with this handicap, he could do anything anyone else could do, even 
plow a mule.

Babe married Charlie Ophelia Holt and they had four children: Effie Cornelia 
(m: James Thomas Myhand), David Homer (m:Rosa Land Shipman), Nimrod "Nim" Denson
(m: Frances Shipman), and Lema Grace (m: Early Briskey). His two sons served in 
France in WWI.

In his old age, Babe lived in the home that he was born in, with his wife and 
son, Nim. He would spend his days sitting on a stump in the front yard in the 
shade of the oak grove. He kept up with the comings and goings of the people of 
the Hopewell Community. Neighbors would say, "If you need to know something, 
Ask Mr. Babe; he knows it all." He would tell time by watching the shadow of 
the sun on his walking stick, and using this method, he knew when it was time 
for the men to come up out of the field.

He was a heavy man, who wore a trimmed mustache, and he was known for his 
beautiful handwriting.

Babe Williams died on March 13, 1936. He is buried at the Hopewell United 
Methodist Church Cemetery, in the southeast corner of Chambers County, Alabama. 
At this time, his grave is unmarked. 


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