After the untimely death of his father, Will soon struck out on his own to find work around age 12 or 13. He was a Jack-of-all-trades. He chopped cotton, drove a mule team, and worked the farms, doing whatever was necessary to stay alive. He eventually married a shy, lovely girl named Edith and purchased "Mulberry Farm" out on the Old Centralia Road, north of Mt. Vernon, IL. He and his wife raised 5 children and became Charter Members of the Old Union Missionary Baptist Church which was organized in the Old Union school house, August 12, 1943 in Mt. Vernon, IL. William & Edith were among the twenty-one persons with letters from the Park Avenue Missionary Baptist Church who solemnly voted to declare themselves an independent Missionary Baptist Church. He later became a Deacon and Edith taught Sunday school.
He continued to do a multitude of jobs, i.e., finishing tool handles that he sold at the Salem Auction barn, painting homes and large billboards, but he did draw the line when it came to painting the water tower. He believed there was work to be had no matter what the circumstances. You find the need, then fill it.
He continued to do a multitude of jobs, i.e., finishing tool handles that he sold at the Salem Auction barn, painting homes and large billboards, but he did draw the line when it came to painting the water tower. He believed there was work to be had no matter what the circumstances. You find the need, then fill it.
After the untimely death of his father, Will soon struck out on his own to find work around age 12 or 13. He was a Jack-of-all-trades. He chopped cotton, drove a mule team, and worked the farms, doing whatever was necessary to stay alive. He eventually married a shy, lovely girl named Edith and purchased "Mulberry Farm" out on the Old Centralia Road, north of Mt. Vernon, IL. He and his wife raised 5 children and became Charter Members of the Old Union Missionary Baptist Church which was organized in the Old Union school house, August 12, 1943 in Mt. Vernon, IL. William & Edith were among the twenty-one persons with letters from the Park Avenue Missionary Baptist Church who solemnly voted to declare themselves an independent Missionary Baptist Church. He later became a Deacon and Edith taught Sunday school.
He continued to do a multitude of jobs, i.e., finishing tool handles that he sold at the Salem Auction barn, painting homes and large billboards, but he did draw the line when it came to painting the water tower. He believed there was work to be had no matter what the circumstances. You find the need, then fill it.
He continued to do a multitude of jobs, i.e., finishing tool handles that he sold at the Salem Auction barn, painting homes and large billboards, but he did draw the line when it came to painting the water tower. He believed there was work to be had no matter what the circumstances. You find the need, then fill it.
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