Horace Williams

HORACE WAS BORN IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA ON OCTOBER 31, 1931, HE WAS THE FIRST CHILD TO THE LATE ANNIE WILLIAMS. HE WAS EDUCATED IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA SCHOOLS RELOCATED TO BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS WITH HIS BROTHER BOBBY, WHERE THEY DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER, HE WAS MORE LIKE A FATHER THAN A BROTHER. HE THEN BECAME A MBTA BUS DRIVER UNTIL HE RETIRED AFTER 29 YEARS AND HE JOINED CONCORD BAPTISIT CHURCH AND BECAME AN USHER.

HORACE WAS LOVING AND CARING PERSON, HE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO HELP ANYONE IN NEED, GIVING THE SHIRT OFF OF HIS BACK. HE WAS A WONDERFUL FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER. HE WOULD ALWAYS PUT HIS FAMILY BEFORE HIMSELF AND IF THEY NEEDED HIM WOULD BE THERE WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED. HE WOULD ALWAYS TAKE HIS CHILDREN AND HIS BROTHER BOBBY ON VACATIONS EVERY SUMMER AND EVEN DROVE TO CALIFORNIA IN 1984, THE YEAR OF THE OLYMPICS. HE WAS A VERY CALM AND KIND PERSON AND WAS KNOWN FOR HIS GREAT SMILE, AND SHARP DRESSING, PEOPLE AT CHURCH CALLED HIM THE GENTLE GIANT AND GRANDPOPPY. HE WAS A VERY RELIGIOUS PERSON AND HE LOVED THE LORD AND IT SHOWED THROUGH HIM.

HE WILL BE RECEIVCED IN HEAVEN BY HIS MOTHER ANNIE, HIS SON HORACE JR.(JUNIOR), HIS SISTER GRACE, AND HIS WIFE ALICE.

HORACE LEAVES BEHIND TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES HIS FIANCE: MELVERINE JOHNSON; BROTHER BOBBY WILLIAMS, (RUTH); CHILDREN: DAUGHTERS CHERON WILLIAMS AND TAMMY WILLIAMS; BONUS CHILDREN: ERNEST HUGHES, VANESSA SCOTT AND LILLIAN HUGHES, AND LATE LAMARS HUGHES; GRANDCHILDREN: KENNETH WILLIAMS, SHANE WILLIAMS, LATIFAH CARRASQUILLO, CHRISTIAN GILLIS, NOAH GILLIS, BRIAR GILLIS AND CALEB WILLIAMS; GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: LEVI, TROY, AND LAYKY, AND A HOST OF FRIENDS.

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