Williams, James C.

Passed: 1966-04-03

Age: 63

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1966-04-15

Information: James C. Williams, 63-year old owner and proprietor of the Village Restaurant in Ripley, died suddenly in Alabama.  He and Mrs. Williams had gone there Friday to spend Easter with their daughter, Mrs. Bonnie Hamric and her family.  He was born at Seth, Boone County, son of the late Joel and Bertie Brown Williams, and was a member of the Church of Christ in Akron, Ohio, a member of the Ripley Masonic Lodge, 16 , A. F. and A. M. and was owner and manager of the Village Restaurant at Ripley for 19 years.  Mr. Williams was also a member of the National Restaurant Association.   Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Audell Williams, Ripley; two daughters, Mrs. Hamric, at whose home he died, and Joyce Williams of Ripley; three brothers, Carl Williams of Ritman, Ohio, Carl Williams of Marshallsville, Ohio, and John Williams of Wooster, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Parsons, Ripley and Mrs. Vada Coleman of Wadsworth, Ohio.  There are three grandchildren surviving. Rites will be held today (Wednesday) at 2 p.m. at the Ripley E.U.B. Church with interment to be in the Fairplain cemetery with the Rev. Roy McCoy in charge.  Friends may call at the Vail funeral home, Ripley, until one hour before the service.