This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams, Kincaid, Latta, Raley, Rogers Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.clay/3195/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Lemuel R. Williams Lemuel R. Williams, 84, of Biloxi, Miss., died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003, in Biloxi, Miss. Mr. Williams was born and raised in Piggott and retired in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was a worthy patron of the Eastern Star Gulfport Chapter; a member of the Bay Vista Baptist Church in Biloxi; a Mason with East Lodge 504, Fairview Heights, Ill.; and he was a Shriner. Mr. Williams retired after 38 years of combined service, active with both the U.S. Air Force and the federal civil service as a chief master sergeant. During his military career he received many decorations, including two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters and a Presidential Unit Citation. He was preceded in death by his wife, Rubye (nee Kincaid) Williams; and his parents, Claude and Mary (nee Latta) Williams. He is survived by two daughters, Sandra L. (Mel) Raley of Ocean Springs, Miss., and Mary Jo (Willard) Rogers of Fredericksburg, Va.; two brothers, Paul Williams of Little Rock and Jo Williams of Burgettstown, Pa.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Williams also will be missed by his dog, Beau, who was his special friend and a loving companion. A Masonic service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at the funeral home. Funeral services with military honors will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 28, at Lake View Funeral Home in Fairview Heights, Ill. Burial will follow in Lake View Memorial Gardens in Fairview Heights, Ill. Memorials may be made to the Humane Society of South Mississippi, 13756 Washington Ave., Gulfport, Miss., 39503; to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 638, Gulfport, Miss., 39502; or to the American Lung Association, P.O. Box 2178, Rigeland, Miss., 39158. Lake View Funeral Home of Fairview Heights, Ill., is in charge of the arrangements.