Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Williams, L. Thurman, 2006 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ LUTHER THURMAN WILLIAMS DENDRON - L. Thurman Williams, 97, a lifelong resident of Dendron, Va., died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2006. Born on Dec. 10, 1908, in Dendron, he was the only child of the late Luther Thomas Williams and Bertha Holdsworth Williams. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 67 years, Audrey Bishop Williams, who died on July 16, 2006. Mr. Williams worked as a mechanic for H.C. Motor Company of Surry for 40 years and also worked for Community Oil Company before retiring. He served as a Deacon and former treasurer of the Dendron Christian Church. He was a 1949 founding member of the Dendron Volunteer Fire Department and was the first Fire Chief, and a charter member of the Dendron Historical Society. He is survived by two nieces, Marilyn Morey Eavey of Hagerstown, Md., and Sarah Morey of Charleston, S.C. Funeral services will be held at Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in Wakefield Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening from 6 until 8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Dendron Christian Church, P.O. Box 123, Dendron, VA 23839, or to the Dendron Fire Department, P.O. Box 155, Dendron, VA. 23839. Luther Thurman WILLIAMS, of Dendron, retired mechanic, b. 10 Dec 1908, Dendron, Surry Co., d. 22 Nov 2006, at home, Surry Co., interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 25 Nov 2006, "Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Nov. 24, 2006 *His parents & in-laws are also buried there. Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt His wife's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 2006) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/w452a6ob.txt His father's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1970) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/w452l7ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/w452t2ob.txt