Obituary of James L Williams, St Francis County, AR

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WILLIAMS, JAMES L.
9/4/1898-12/24/1972
FPARK Cemetery

Dec. 24, 1972
James L. Williams, 74, a resident of Hughes died here at Forrest Memorial
Hospital Sunday evening at 6: 15 p. m. He had been ill the past three weeks and
in the hospital all that time. Mr. Williams was the son of Laura Jones Williams
and Jim Williams. He was born in Lee County September 4, 1898, and had spent
most of his life in Lee and St. Francis counties. Mr. Williams had lived the
past six years at Hughes. He was a member of the Shell Lake Baptist Church, was
a retired blacksmith and a veteral of World War I. Funeral services by Rev.
Floyd Cowan Jr., will be held at Stevens Funeral Home at 2 p. m. Thursday,
December 28, and burial will follow here in Forrest Park Cemetery. He leaves his
wife, Mrs. Susie Hickman Williams, who he married in 1940; one daughter, Mrs.
Bernice Davis of Pine Bluff; two step-sons, Robert Bickerstaff of North Little
Rock and Carl Bickerstaff of Hughes; one step-daughter, Mrs. Frances Pistel of
Orlando, Fla.; three brothers, Ray Williams of West Helena, Gene Williams of
Helena and Orba Wiliams of Howell, Mich.; six grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.

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Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas