This obit below made me think about the various Williams families around southern IL. My Williams line was in Jefferson County, IL and I just got my cousin Ike Williams to send for DNA test kit from FamilyTreeDNA. Anyone else doing DNA test for Williams males? Sandy (Whalen) Bauer On 8/13/2013 3:57 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Thomas Lee Williams, 82, of Valier, IL passed away August 12, 2013 at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, IL. > > He was born on Dec. 20, 1930 in Griffin, IN, the son of Clifford B. Williams and Emerene (Rainey) Remter. Thomas attended high school at Rights High School in Evanville, IN. > > On Nov. 21, 1953 Thomas married Geneva Pearl (Isom) Williams and she survives. > > Thomas was an accomplished bricklayer and stone mason since 1949, and he helped build SIU, Rend Lake College, Carbondale Post Office, Times Square Mall, and many area schools. > > He was a veteran ofthe Korean War, serving in the United States Marine Corp. > > He was a member of Valier First Baptist Church and served on the Valier Village Board for many years. He also belonged to the Masonic Lodge, American Legion and Scottish Rights. > > He is survived by his children, Debbi and Gary Reed, Rockvale, CO; Michael and Ginny Williams, Sesser, IL; Lori and Denny Baggett, O’Fallon, IL and John and Crystal Williams of Valier. Also surviving are grandchildren Michelle and Curtis Rogers, Chad and Tonika Schuster, Manda and Bill Palmer, Mikala Williams, Hannah Williams, Logan Baggett, Gabe Saul, Gracie Saul, Thomas Williams and Matt Williams; great-grandchildren Cole Rogers, Kennedy Rogers, Camden Rogers, Kassedy Rogers, Madalyn Pearl Schuster, Lyndsie Palmer, Garrett Palmer, Tanner Palmer > > He is also survived by eight brothers and sisters, Billy Dean Williams, Lincoln, NE; Janet (Hart) James, Evansville, IN; Bonnie Provaznik, Valier, IL; Charlene Hampton, Christopher, IL; Steve Williams, Du Quoin, IL; Connie Cutler, Christopher, IL; Theresa Evans, Mt. Vernon, IL and Ricky Jo Williams, Herrin, IL. > > Thomas was preceded in death by his parents, step-mother Mary Imogene Williams, one brother Jerry Ray Cavins and two sisters, Anna Rose George and Snooki Bowers. > > A memorial service will be held on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at 5 p.m. at Valier First Baptist Church. Visitation will be at the church from 1:30 p.m. until the time of the memorial service. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Valier First Baptist Church. > Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home in Sesser is in charge of arrangements. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I remember as a kid when we would go to my grandparents house in Valier, more than one of the kids would say "there's Tom Williams' house" when we went by. I don't know how we knew it was Tom Williams' house, but we knew. With all the Williams connections I have , I must be related to him. I do know that I am related to his wife through my Lewis line. Also her sister was married to a Dees. and I was friends with that Dees family in Sesser. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Bauer <[email protected]> To: ilfrankl <[email protected]>; iljeffer <[email protected]>; ilhamilt <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Aug 13, 2013 11:38 pm Subject: [ILJEFFER] Williams DNA This obit below made me think about the various Williams families around southern IL. My Williams line was in Jefferson County, IL and I just got my cousin Ike Williams to send for DNA test kit from FamilyTreeDNA. Anyone else doing DNA test for Williams males? Sandy (Whalen) Bauer On 8/13/2013 3:57 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Thomas Lee Williams, 82, of Valier, IL passed away August 12, 2013 at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, IL. > > He was born on Dec. 20, 1930 in Griffin, IN, the son of Clifford B. Williams and Emerene (Rainey) Remter. Thomas attended high school at Rights High School in Evanville, IN. > > On Nov. 21, 1953 Thomas married Geneva Pearl (Isom) Williams and she survives. > > Thomas was an accomplished bricklayer and stone mason since 1949, and he helped build SIU, Rend Lake College, Carbondale Post Office, Times Square Mall, and many area schools. > > He was a veteran ofthe Korean War, serving in the United States Marine Corp. > > He was a member of Valier First Baptist Church and served on the Valier Village Board for many years. He also belonged to the Masonic Lodge, American Legion and Scottish Rights. > > He is survived by his children, Debbi and Gary Reed, Rockvale, CO; Michael and Ginny Williams, Sesser, IL; Lori and Denny Baggett, O’Fallon, IL and John and Crystal Williams of Valier. Also surviving are grandchildren Michelle and Curtis Rogers, Chad and Tonika Schuster, Manda and Bill Palmer, Mikala Williams, Hannah Williams, Logan Baggett, Gabe Saul, Gracie Saul, Thomas Williams and Matt Williams; great-grandchildren Cole Rogers, Kennedy Rogers, Camden Rogers, Kassedy Rogers, Madalyn Pearl Schuster, Lyndsie Palmer, Garrett Palmer, Tanner Palmer > > He is also survived by eight brothers and sisters, Billy Dean Williams, Lincoln, NE; Janet (Hart) James, Evansville, IN; Bonnie Provaznik, Valier, IL; Charlene Hampton, Christopher, IL; Steve Williams, Du Quoin, IL; Connie Cutler, Christopher, IL; Theresa Evans, Mt. Vernon, IL and Ricky Jo Williams, Herrin, IL. > > Thomas was preceded in death by his parents, step-mother Mary Imogene Williams, one brother Jerry Ray Cavins and two sisters, Anna Rose George and Snooki Bowers. > > A memorial service will be held on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at 5 p.m. at Valier First Baptist Church. Visitation will be at the church from 1:30 p.m. until the time of the memorial service. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Valier First Baptist Church. > Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home in Sesser is in charge of arrangements. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Visit the Jefferson County web site at: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iljeffer/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message