Meridional 11-2-1918:
M. V. Williams, aged 34 years, husband of Miss Ouida Labit, died Tuesday at his home in Baton Rouge after an illness of several days with influenza-pneumonia. The deceased resided here several years since and was employed as bookkeeper for John Anderson, dredging contractor, who dug the Intercoastal [sic] Canal from Vermilion Bay to White Lake. His body was brought here Wednesday and buried that afternoon with Masonic ceremonies in the new Masonic cemetery. He leaves a mother, wife and two small children.
Meridional 1-18-1919:
Resolutions of Respect. To the Worshipful Master and Members of Abbeville Lodge No. 192 F. & A. M. Your committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of our deceased brother MINOR V. WILLIAMS, respectfully submit the following: Whereas, the Supreme Grand Master and Ruler of the Universe has seen fit to remove from Abbeville Lodge No. 192, F. & A. M., our esteemed brother, Minor V. Williams, who departed from this life 28 OCT 1918, and Whereas, Brother Williams has been an acceptable and examplary [sic] member of this Lodge, has been an honored member of society, a kind and helpful friend, a loving husband, a useful and loyal citizen,
Resolved, That in his death Abbeville Lodge has lost a worthy member, his family a loving husband and son and society one of its valuable citizens,
Resolved, That we commend his devotion to duty, his worthy example as a citizen and his integrity as a man and a mason to the brethren,
Resolved, That his virtue as a citizen and Master Mason are worthy of the honor, esteem and respect of this lodge and that in token thereof for the memory of our departed brother, Abbeville Lodge No. 192, F. & A. M. be draped in mourning and that the members of the lodge wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That the secretary of our lodge is hereby instructed to set aside a page of our record book for recording of these resolutions, that they be published in the local papers and that a copy be furnished to the widow and father of our deceased brother as a token of our condolence and sympathy in their sad bereavement.
Respectfully submitted,
H. A. Broussard,
J. E. Aikens,
J. H. McCann,
Committee.
M. V. Williams, aged 34 years, husband of Miss Ouida Labit, died Tuesday at his home in Baton Rouge after an illness of several days with influenza-pneumonia. The deceased resided here several years since and was employed as bookkeeper for John Anderson, dredging contractor, who dug the Intercoastal [sic] Canal from Vermilion Bay to White Lake. His body was brought here Wednesday and buried that afternoon with Masonic ceremonies in the new Masonic cemetery. He leaves a mother, wife and two small children.
Meridional 1-18-1919:
Resolutions of Respect. To the Worshipful Master and Members of Abbeville Lodge No. 192 F. & A. M. Your committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of our deceased brother MINOR V. WILLIAMS, respectfully submit the following: Whereas, the Supreme Grand Master and Ruler of the Universe has seen fit to remove from Abbeville Lodge No. 192, F. & A. M., our esteemed brother, Minor V. Williams, who departed from this life 28 OCT 1918, and Whereas, Brother Williams has been an acceptable and examplary [sic] member of this Lodge, has been an honored member of society, a kind and helpful friend, a loving husband, a useful and loyal citizen,
Resolved, That in his death Abbeville Lodge has lost a worthy member, his family a loving husband and son and society one of its valuable citizens,
Resolved, That we commend his devotion to duty, his worthy example as a citizen and his integrity as a man and a mason to the brethren,
Resolved, That his virtue as a citizen and Master Mason are worthy of the honor, esteem and respect of this lodge and that in token thereof for the memory of our departed brother, Abbeville Lodge No. 192, F. & A. M. be draped in mourning and that the members of the lodge wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That the secretary of our lodge is hereby instructed to set aside a page of our record book for recording of these resolutions, that they be published in the local papers and that a copy be furnished to the widow and father of our deceased brother as a token of our condolence and sympathy in their sad bereavement.
Respectfully submitted,
H. A. Broussard,
J. E. Aikens,
J. H. McCann,
Committee.
Meridional 11-2-1918:
M. V. Williams, aged 34 years, husband of Miss Ouida Labit, died Tuesday at his home in Baton Rouge after an illness of several days with influenza-pneumonia. The deceased resided here several years since and was employed as bookkeeper for John Anderson, dredging contractor, who dug the Intercoastal [sic] Canal from Vermilion Bay to White Lake. His body was brought here Wednesday and buried that afternoon with Masonic ceremonies in the new Masonic cemetery. He leaves a mother, wife and two small children.
Meridional 1-18-1919:
Resolutions of Respect. To the Worshipful Master and Members of Abbeville Lodge No. 192 F. & A. M. Your committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of our deceased brother MINOR V. WILLIAMS, respectfully submit the following: Whereas, the Supreme Grand Master and Ruler of the Universe has seen fit to remove from Abbeville Lodge No. 192, F. & A. M., our esteemed brother, Minor V. Williams, who departed from this life 28 OCT 1918, and Whereas, Brother Williams has been an acceptable and examplary [sic] member of this Lodge, has been an honored member of society, a kind and helpful friend, a loving husband, a useful and loyal citizen,
Resolved, That in his death Abbeville Lodge has lost a worthy member, his family a loving husband and son and society one of its valuable citizens,
Resolved, That we commend his devotion to duty, his worthy example as a citizen and his integrity as a man and a mason to the brethren,
Resolved, That his virtue as a citizen and Master Mason are worthy of the honor, esteem and respect of this lodge and that in token thereof for the memory of our departed brother, Abbeville Lodge No. 192, F. & A. M. be draped in mourning and that the members of the lodge wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That the secretary of our lodge is hereby instructed to set aside a page of our record book for recording of these resolutions, that they be published in the local papers and that a copy be furnished to the widow and father of our deceased brother as a token of our condolence and sympathy in their sad bereavement.
Respectfully submitted,
H. A. Broussard,
J. E. Aikens,
J. H. McCann,
Committee.
M. V. Williams, aged 34 years, husband of Miss Ouida Labit, died Tuesday at his home in Baton Rouge after an illness of several days with influenza-pneumonia. The deceased resided here several years since and was employed as bookkeeper for John Anderson, dredging contractor, who dug the Intercoastal [sic] Canal from Vermilion Bay to White Lake. His body was brought here Wednesday and buried that afternoon with Masonic ceremonies in the new Masonic cemetery. He leaves a mother, wife and two small children.
Meridional 1-18-1919:
Resolutions of Respect. To the Worshipful Master and Members of Abbeville Lodge No. 192 F. & A. M. Your committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of our deceased brother MINOR V. WILLIAMS, respectfully submit the following: Whereas, the Supreme Grand Master and Ruler of the Universe has seen fit to remove from Abbeville Lodge No. 192, F. & A. M., our esteemed brother, Minor V. Williams, who departed from this life 28 OCT 1918, and Whereas, Brother Williams has been an acceptable and examplary [sic] member of this Lodge, has been an honored member of society, a kind and helpful friend, a loving husband, a useful and loyal citizen,
Resolved, That in his death Abbeville Lodge has lost a worthy member, his family a loving husband and son and society one of its valuable citizens,
Resolved, That we commend his devotion to duty, his worthy example as a citizen and his integrity as a man and a mason to the brethren,
Resolved, That his virtue as a citizen and Master Mason are worthy of the honor, esteem and respect of this lodge and that in token thereof for the memory of our departed brother, Abbeville Lodge No. 192, F. & A. M. be draped in mourning and that the members of the lodge wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That the secretary of our lodge is hereby instructed to set aside a page of our record book for recording of these resolutions, that they be published in the local papers and that a copy be furnished to the widow and father of our deceased brother as a token of our condolence and sympathy in their sad bereavement.
Respectfully submitted,
H. A. Broussard,
J. E. Aikens,
J. H. McCann,
Committee.
Family Members
Siblings
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Irene Smith Williams Roach
1875–1962
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Katherine Cyrene "Kate" Williams Patterson
1877–1969
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Merritt Redd Williams
1879–1883
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Carolyne Routh Mary Louise Williams Conner
1883–1960
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Marie Louise Williams
1886–1889
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George Viley Williams
1889–1978
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Florence Routh "Ruth" Williams McFerran
1892–1982
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Frances Bullitt "Fanny" Williams Gaither
1896–1950
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