Obit for W. G. "Caddo Bill" Williams - Grady County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sandi Carter   SandKatC@aol.com 
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::Evergreen Cemetery--Minco OK

W. G. WILLIAMS PASSES AWAY

Prominent and Respected Citizen Succumbs to Pneumonia at El Reno Sanitarium

In the death last Friday of W. G. Williams, which occurred at 10 a. m. at the 
El Reno Sanitarium, this section lost one of its oldest and most highly 
respected sons.  Mr. Williams had probably as wide acquaintance with the 
scenes and events transpiring in the domain now embraced in Texas and 
Oklahoma as any other man yet living.  Though Minco and its immediate 
vicinity claimed him as one of its foremost citizens for a period of 40 
years, Mr. Williams had made his home in El Reno for the past few years where 
he had been more or less interested in the commercial development of that 
city since its foundation.

During the past winter Mr. Williams spent several months with his son, Robert 
on a ranch 90 miles west of San Antonio, returning about two weeks before the 
fatal malady claimed him.  His advanced age of 74 was against him in the 
battle for life, although he was apparently in the best of health and spirits 
up to the hour he was taken sick.

The body was brought to this city Saturday, March 22nd, and interred in the 
Minco cemetery by the El Reno Masonic Lodge with the impressive ceremony of 
the Masonic order of which Mr. Williams was a member.  May beautiful floral 
offerings decorated the casket, attesting to the man’s popularity by reason 
of his goodness of heart and unswerving fidelity in his family and friends.

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William Garrard Williams, 17 Nov 1839 - 21 Mar 1913
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Submitted by Sandi Carter
GG niece of William Garrard Williams
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