Son of Charles and Ellie (King) Williams. He was raised in Wheeler, AR. In 1941 he married Edith Ridley, but they later divorced. In June 1950 he married Margaret Lewis in Portland and they also divorced. He joined the U.S. Army in June 1942 and served in the South Pacific in the occupational force in Japan. He also served in the liberation of the Philippines. After his tour in the service he worked as a construction and maintenance man at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, AR, for the University of Arkansas. He later moved to Toledo, where he went to work in the sawmills. He then moved to the north side of Round Butte in 1951 and worked at Warm Springs Forest Products, retiring in 1980. He moved to Newberg, and Bend in 1989 before settling in Prineville in 1994. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed fishing, hunting, hiking, training horses, telling stories and socializing. Survivors include: sons, Wayne of Springdale, AR, Charles of Vancouver, WA, Paul of Prineville and Steve of Shelton, WA; daughters, Peggy Gregg of Prineville, Patty Anderson of Prineville and Mary Waller of Chehalis, WA; 21 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, and granddaughter Lisa Anderson in 1976.
Son of Charles and Ellie (King) Williams. He was raised in Wheeler, AR. In 1941 he married Edith Ridley, but they later divorced. In June 1950 he married Margaret Lewis in Portland and they also divorced. He joined the U.S. Army in June 1942 and served in the South Pacific in the occupational force in Japan. He also served in the liberation of the Philippines. After his tour in the service he worked as a construction and maintenance man at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, AR, for the University of Arkansas. He later moved to Toledo, where he went to work in the sawmills. He then moved to the north side of Round Butte in 1951 and worked at Warm Springs Forest Products, retiring in 1980. He moved to Newberg, and Bend in 1989 before settling in Prineville in 1994. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed fishing, hunting, hiking, training horses, telling stories and socializing. Survivors include: sons, Wayne of Springdale, AR, Charles of Vancouver, WA, Paul of Prineville and Steve of Shelton, WA; daughters, Peggy Gregg of Prineville, Patty Anderson of Prineville and Mary Waller of Chehalis, WA; 21 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, and granddaughter Lisa Anderson in 1976.
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