Berrien-Lanier County GaArchives Obituaries.....Williams, Ollie Lee Jackson February 8, 2013
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The Berrrien Press - February 13, 2013
 Ollie Lee Williams. 90, of Tampa, FL passed away unexpectedly in her sleep in t
the early morning hours of February 8, 2013.
 She was born on a farm near Lakeland, GA on March 2 1922, the second of two 
daughters of sharecroppers, Mitchell and Willie Jackson. Ollie was preceded in 
death by her loving husband, Lewis Irving Williams, Sr. in 1998, as well as; 
her parents, her older sister, Norma Mae Coates, and her daughter-in-law, Karen 
Elrod Williams. Ollie graduated valedictorian of Lakeland High School, class of 
1939, and went to work in the office of the Governor in Atlanta. With the start 
of WWII she returned to her hometown to work at the newly constructed Army Air 
Corps Moody Field. She met Irving Williams in the spring of 1942 and they 
married August 13th. They welcomed their first child in June 1943 while Irving, 
Sr. was serving onboard the USS Greer, a US Navy destroyer on North Atlantic 
convoy duty. At the end of the war they settled in Jacksonville, FL, where 
their other two children were born in 1947 and 1952. The family relocated to 
Tampa in August of 1964. While her children were growing up, Ollie was a 
loving, dedicated mother and housewife. She then became a Licensed Practical 
nurse having worked at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa for over 20 years and t
then volunteered for 20 years.
 Survivors include two sons, Joe Williams of Lutz, FL and Irv (Pam) Williams of 
Oakland, CA; daughter, Becky (Bob) Courtney of St. Leo, FL; two grandchildren, 
Loren and Andrew Williams; great granddaughter, Chloe Rebecca Williams all of 
Lutz, as well as, two sisters-in-laws, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held February 11 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Lovein Fu
Funeral Home with the Rev. Phillip Simmons officiating.
 Interment was in Long Bridge Cemetery.
 Lovein Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
  


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