In Memory
Gary Lee Williams, 19, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Williams, 2323 South 13th street, passed away early Sunday morning, July 6, in a two-car collision near Halls in which five victims lost their lives.
Gary was a 1975 graduate of Lafayette High School. A lineman for the Burlington Northern Railroad, Mr. Williams played varsity baseball at Lafayette and was on the North Side Lions baseball team.
Additional survivors include five sisters, Mrs. Shirley Bowden, St. Joseph, Misses Joyce Marie Williams, Sherry Lynn Williams, Karen Sue Williams and Kim Renee Williams all of the home; three brothers, Danny Wayne Williams, Terry Lee Williams and Ernest L. Williams, Jr. all of the home; and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. May Norris, St. Joseph.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, at the Stamey chapel. The Rev. Donald Bell will officiate. Burial will be in Ashland Cemetery.
Janet Lawson (Ries)
Such a sweet guy ... such a short life.