George Williams' Obituary
GEORGE PORTER WILSON WILLIAMS, Major USAF retired, died in his home at the age of 86 on Friday, January 14, 2011, of an extended illness. He served in World War II in the China-Burma area with the Army Air Corps. He met and married his wife, Carolyn Mitchell at the University of Alabama in 1948. After graduating, he was called to active duty during the Korean conflict. He and his wife raised four children, lived in Italy and all over the country, but settled in Memphis in 1972. He is survived by his wife Carolyn, and four childen: George Porter Wilson Williams, Junior, Laura Ellen Brothers, Cynthia Ann Williams-Urwiler, and Mary Elizabeth Fry, three grandchildren, Cherish Lea McClinton, David Martin Ziemba and Melissa Ann White, and four great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his father, Roger Stone Williams, his mother Margherite Wilson Williams, his brother Thomas Stone Williams, and his sister, Charlotte Ellen Brinkman. He was the last of his immediate family. He served for 24 years in the US Air Force, and retired after after 15 years with the American Red Cross. George was a 50 year member of the Masonic Lodge, an avid golf and bridge payer until his health failed. He loved his family, his dogs, his many friends, and music, and sang in the church choir since he was a child. The memorial service will be held on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Second Presbyterian Church, 4055 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee with visitation in the Salmon room from 12:30-2 p.m. He will be interred in the Historical Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Kentucky, with five generations of his family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Care Center, or the Music Department of Second Presbyterian Church, or Crossroads Hospice, 1669 Shelby Oaks Drive, Suite 106, Memphis, TN 38134. Memorial Park Funeral Home, “Behind the stone wall”, 901-767-8930
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