This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams, McDonald, Jackson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/8664 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 26 May 2005 Services for Henry “Boots” Williams, 73, were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at New Jerusalem Christian Center in Rockdale with Rev. Charles King and Rev. Dennis Brooks officiating. Burial was in New Oak Lawn Cemetery. Mr. Williams died Friday, May 20, at Richards Memorial Hospital in Rockdale. A lifelong resident of Milam County and Rockdale, he was born Nov. 27, 1931, near Rockdale to Richard Williams Sr. and Hollis (McDonald) Williams. He married Martha Jackson on Feb. 25, 1950, in Thrall. Mr. Williams worked for Alcoa for 33 years as a furnace operator, retiring in 1985. He was a member of New Jerusalem Christian Center in Rockdale and enjoyed fishing. Mr. Williams was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Williams; two brothers, Richard Williams Jr. and Freddie Williams; and his parents. Survivors are a son, Frank J. Williams and wife Brenda of Rockdale; three daughters, Edna P. Williams, Dorothy Mae Williams and Berthal Tasby, all of Rockdale; a brother, Edwin Williams and wife Doris of Rockdale; and a sister, Charline of Lubbock; also, 16 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.