Lenoir County NcArchives Photo Person.....Williams, Benjamin Elbert 
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Name:               Benjamin Elbert Williams
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Born to Benjamin Franklin WIlliams and wife Mary Elizabeth Oglesby Williams on 
March 29, 1920, Elbert never married. He joined the National Guard. His sister 
Annie Marie Williams met him at Ft. Jackson before they shipped him out after 
New Years 1946. He had a premonition that he wouldn't be returning. He was a 
driver in a convoy in England during World War II. On the day of the accident 
someone else drove and Elbert sat in the back.  The truck overturned. The 
driver and those in the front walked away, but those in the back died. Elbert 
was taken to a hospital where he hung on for 2 weeks and then died on March 1, 
1944. His body was returned to Kinston where a memorial service was held. He 
is buried in the Colonel John Williams Cemetery.


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