Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, James Romulus September 25, 1958
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The Virginian Pilot Friday September 26, 1958
Funeral Sunday at 2 P.M.
JAMES R. WILLIAMS DIES; 
RETIRED FUNERAL DIRECTOR
South Norfolk Resident Long Was Active In Business and Fraternal Affairs

SOUTH NORFOLK - James Romulus Williams, 90, retired Southside funeral 
director, of 1027 Chesapeake Ave., died Thursday at 11:25 a.m. in an Norfolk 
hospital. He had been in failing health the last several years.
Born at Lake Drummond, Norfolk County, he was a son of Daniel and Mrs. 
Minerva Lynch Williams. His earlier education was received in Norfolk County 
schools. Later he entered Yadkin Mineral Spring Academy, and then the 
Hannaman Medical College in Pennsylvania
He moved to Berkley as a young man and in 1893 opened the J.R. Williams 
Funeral Home. Later he continued the funeral establishment at his residence 
in South Norfolk. At his retirement in 1950, he had been a funeral director 
for 60 years.
Other Activities
He was a retired director of the Atlantic Permanent Building and Loan Assn., 
past president (1911) of the Virginia State Funeral Directors Assn., a 
member of the Kiwanis Club of Berkley, and chairman of the South Norfolk 
draft board during World War II. He was a Boy Scout committeeman for 10 
years.
Long active in fraternal affairs on the Southside and in Berkley, he was a 
member of South Norfolk Lodge 339 A.F.& A.M., member for 50 years of Doric 
Lodge 44, A.F.& A.M., and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 70, 
South Norfolk.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary McCloud Williams; one daughter, Mrs. W. 
Leary Cooper; two sons, Hunter S. Williams Sr., and Capt. Nelson B. Williams 
USA (Ret.); one brother, Lee A. Williams, four grandchildren and eight 
great-grandchildren, all of Norfolk.
The body was taken to the Francis A. Gay Funeral Home. Funeral services will 
be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Berkley Avenue Baptist Church. Burial will 
be in Magnolia Cemetery.




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