He was the son of John & Minnie (McCurtain) Williams.
OKLAHOMA STAFF SGT 26 INF 1 INF DIV-WWII
THE PARIS NEWS (Paris, Tx.)
By Paris News Correspondent
Antlers, Okla.
Thurs. Nov. 20, 1947
Page 14
First of Antlers War Dead Brought Home for Burial
Antlers paid tribute to the first of its returned war dead Tuesday, as the body of Staff Sgt. Raymond Warren Williams arrived home from Belgium for reburial.
The train was met by a uniformed color guard and guard of honor, led by Pete Booker, and composed of these members of the Antlers Veterans of Foreign Wars Chapter: Calvin Berry, Leon Bush, Stuart Halley Jr., Andy Hammock, Chester Plumlee, Ralph Sanders, Joe Stamper and Grady Sterling. Official escort was Tech. Sgt. John V. Dunne from the Fort Worth, Texas, quartermaster depot.
The flag draped coffin was taken from the train and borne between the two rows of the guard, and placed in the waiting hearse. The uniformed men followed the hearse, with many other veterans of both World Wars, to Coffey Funeral Home.
The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon, three years to the day after his death in action. The service was at the Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. M. R. Archer, Church of the Nazarene minister.
Sergeant Williams, part Choctaw Indian, was a native of Antlers, who lived here until he joined the Army, three years before the war. He was in the African invasion, and was wounded in action in Sicily, as well as several times before his death in the Battle of the Bulge, Nov. 19, 1944.
Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Mrs. Dave Hill and Mr. Hill, Antlers; a brother and four sisters, Joe Williams, Fresno, Calif.; Mrs. Ruby Hibbs and Mrs. Eva Tommlin, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Mrs.Dela Peacock, Ryan and Mrs. Ellie Cunningham, Texarkana, Ark.
OKLAHOMA STAFF SGT 26 INF 1 INF DIV-WWII
THE PARIS NEWS (Paris, Tx.)
By Paris News Correspondent
Antlers, Okla.
Thurs. Nov. 20, 1947
Page 14
First of Antlers War Dead Brought Home for Burial
Antlers paid tribute to the first of its returned war dead Tuesday, as the body of Staff Sgt. Raymond Warren Williams arrived home from Belgium for reburial.
The train was met by a uniformed color guard and guard of honor, led by Pete Booker, and composed of these members of the Antlers Veterans of Foreign Wars Chapter: Calvin Berry, Leon Bush, Stuart Halley Jr., Andy Hammock, Chester Plumlee, Ralph Sanders, Joe Stamper and Grady Sterling. Official escort was Tech. Sgt. John V. Dunne from the Fort Worth, Texas, quartermaster depot.
The flag draped coffin was taken from the train and borne between the two rows of the guard, and placed in the waiting hearse. The uniformed men followed the hearse, with many other veterans of both World Wars, to Coffey Funeral Home.
The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon, three years to the day after his death in action. The service was at the Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. M. R. Archer, Church of the Nazarene minister.
Sergeant Williams, part Choctaw Indian, was a native of Antlers, who lived here until he joined the Army, three years before the war. He was in the African invasion, and was wounded in action in Sicily, as well as several times before his death in the Battle of the Bulge, Nov. 19, 1944.
Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Mrs. Dave Hill and Mr. Hill, Antlers; a brother and four sisters, Joe Williams, Fresno, Calif.; Mrs. Ruby Hibbs and Mrs. Eva Tommlin, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Mrs.Dela Peacock, Ryan and Mrs. Ellie Cunningham, Texarkana, Ark.
He was the son of John & Minnie (McCurtain) Williams.
OKLAHOMA STAFF SGT 26 INF 1 INF DIV-WWII
THE PARIS NEWS (Paris, Tx.)
By Paris News Correspondent
Antlers, Okla.
Thurs. Nov. 20, 1947
Page 14
First of Antlers War Dead Brought Home for Burial
Antlers paid tribute to the first of its returned war dead Tuesday, as the body of Staff Sgt. Raymond Warren Williams arrived home from Belgium for reburial.
The train was met by a uniformed color guard and guard of honor, led by Pete Booker, and composed of these members of the Antlers Veterans of Foreign Wars Chapter: Calvin Berry, Leon Bush, Stuart Halley Jr., Andy Hammock, Chester Plumlee, Ralph Sanders, Joe Stamper and Grady Sterling. Official escort was Tech. Sgt. John V. Dunne from the Fort Worth, Texas, quartermaster depot.
The flag draped coffin was taken from the train and borne between the two rows of the guard, and placed in the waiting hearse. The uniformed men followed the hearse, with many other veterans of both World Wars, to Coffey Funeral Home.
The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon, three years to the day after his death in action. The service was at the Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. M. R. Archer, Church of the Nazarene minister.
Sergeant Williams, part Choctaw Indian, was a native of Antlers, who lived here until he joined the Army, three years before the war. He was in the African invasion, and was wounded in action in Sicily, as well as several times before his death in the Battle of the Bulge, Nov. 19, 1944.
Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Mrs. Dave Hill and Mr. Hill, Antlers; a brother and four sisters, Joe Williams, Fresno, Calif.; Mrs. Ruby Hibbs and Mrs. Eva Tommlin, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Mrs.Dela Peacock, Ryan and Mrs. Ellie Cunningham, Texarkana, Ark.
OKLAHOMA STAFF SGT 26 INF 1 INF DIV-WWII
THE PARIS NEWS (Paris, Tx.)
By Paris News Correspondent
Antlers, Okla.
Thurs. Nov. 20, 1947
Page 14
First of Antlers War Dead Brought Home for Burial
Antlers paid tribute to the first of its returned war dead Tuesday, as the body of Staff Sgt. Raymond Warren Williams arrived home from Belgium for reburial.
The train was met by a uniformed color guard and guard of honor, led by Pete Booker, and composed of these members of the Antlers Veterans of Foreign Wars Chapter: Calvin Berry, Leon Bush, Stuart Halley Jr., Andy Hammock, Chester Plumlee, Ralph Sanders, Joe Stamper and Grady Sterling. Official escort was Tech. Sgt. John V. Dunne from the Fort Worth, Texas, quartermaster depot.
The flag draped coffin was taken from the train and borne between the two rows of the guard, and placed in the waiting hearse. The uniformed men followed the hearse, with many other veterans of both World Wars, to Coffey Funeral Home.
The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon, three years to the day after his death in action. The service was at the Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. M. R. Archer, Church of the Nazarene minister.
Sergeant Williams, part Choctaw Indian, was a native of Antlers, who lived here until he joined the Army, three years before the war. He was in the African invasion, and was wounded in action in Sicily, as well as several times before his death in the Battle of the Bulge, Nov. 19, 1944.
Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Mrs. Dave Hill and Mr. Hill, Antlers; a brother and four sisters, Joe Williams, Fresno, Calif.; Mrs. Ruby Hibbs and Mrs. Eva Tommlin, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Mrs.Dela Peacock, Ryan and Mrs. Ellie Cunningham, Texarkana, Ark.
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