Obituary of James  Williamson resident of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published in the Monroe News Star, March 15, 2005
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 03/17/2005



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James Conrad Williamson

James Conrad Williamson, LTC (Ret.), Girard, passed from this 
life on March 5, 2005, after a short battle with cancer.

He was born on March 28, 1935 in Archibald, Louisiana, and was 
a graduate of Mangham High School and Northeast Louisiana State 
University and then entered the U.S. Army as a field artillery 
officer, where he served in Korea and Vietnam. He was awarded 
multiple commendations for courage in combat including two Bronze 
Stars, the National Defense Services Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal.

A lifetime of reading, curiosity and travel gave him a wealth of 
knowledge ranging from the useful to the obscure, and he delighted 
in sharing odd facts and stories with family and friends. He was a 
huge LSU football fan, even listening to their games on shortwave 
radio while stationed overseas.

He was preceded in death by parents, Edmund Connella Williamson, 
Rubye Griggs Williamson; sister, Ann Cummins; nephew, Richard 
Cummins, and niece, Lynne Williamson.

He is survived by his beloved family: wife, Peggy Guynes Williamson 
of the home; daughters Jaymie Williamson, Las Cruces, NM; Diane 
Williamson, Lykens, PA; step-children, Dee Deere Carpenter and 
Chris Deere, Rayville; brother, Edmund Nelson Williamson, Mangham; 
three nephews; two nieces, six great-nieces and nephews; two 
step-grandchildren, and former wife, Nell Williamson, mother of 
his two daughters.

Instead of flowers the family asks that contributions be made to 
Mr. Williamson's favorite charities: River Cities Humane Society 
for Cats, the Wounded Warrior Project, www.woundedwarriorproject.org, 
and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Private services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are by 
Mulhearn Funeral Home, Rayville, LA.