McWilliams obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ Name, date of obit, date submitted, submitted for the USGenWeb Archives by: McWilliams, Joel George, III 26 May 2003 May 2003 Don Johnson *************************************************************************** Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on: 5/26/2003 MCWILLIAMS, JOEL GEORGE, III He died Saturday, May 24, 2003, from complications of scleroderma. He was 55, a native of Ponchatoula and a resident of Hammond. He was the beloved husband of Jane McMahon McWilliams; father of Jodee Gill and Joelle McWilliams; grandfather of Joel Aubrey Gill; son of Virgil Ozment McWilliams Kraft and the late J. George McWilliams Jr.; brother of Rebecca Roberts, Patricia Berner and Cathy Parker; grandson of the late J.G. and Lucille Bradley McWilliams and Joseph V. and Blanche Broussard Ozment. Mr. McWilliams was a 28-year veteran of the National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. He was employed for 31 years as a professional engineer with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, having served as project engineer and district construction engineer. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral on Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 1 p.m. at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, Hammond. Viewing at the church from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Visitation will be on Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Hammond, from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and from 8 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, 2003. Interment in Ponchatoula Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Joel G. McWilliams Memorial Scholarship Fund, Southeastern Development Foundation c/o SLU 10703, Hammond, LA 70402. ***************************************************************************