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Connie Chresteen Williamson

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Connie Chresteen Williamson

Birth
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21 May 2000 (aged 72)
Burial
Fairview, Itawamba County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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GOLDEN - Connie C. Williamson, 72, died Sunday, May 21, 2000, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was a native of Mississippi and a graduate of Mississippi State University. He was a retired from TVA as a civil engineer with the hydraulic data branch after 32 years. After his retirement he supported the Federal Emergency Management Aid. He was a former ham radio operator and active in the MARS program for many years. He attended Salem Baptist Church in the Fairview community. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in World War II. He served with the U.S. Merchant Marines and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel in Red Bay, Ala., with the Rev. Jackie Thompson and the Rev. Charles Holcomb officiating. Burial will be in Benefield Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife of 51 1/2 years, Mary Lois Lindley Williamson of Golden; two daughters, Debra Williamson Droke and her husband, Jerry Armistead Droke, of Collierville, Tenn., and Jane Yvonne Williamson of Meridianville, Ala.; five sisters, Sarah Miller and Gloria Martin, both of Fairview, Myra Jackson of Hobart, Ind., Helen Kennedy of Mt. Juliet, Tenn., and Mary Holder of Hermitage, Tenn.; two brothers, Carmon Williamson of Little Rock, Ark., and Tommy Williamson of Fairview; three granddaughters, Kristen Amanda Droke, Emily Suzanne Droke and Ashley Elizabeth Droke, all of Collierville, Tenn.

He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Winona Collum Williamson; a daughter, Mona Sue Williamson; and a sister, Minyone Williamson Crane.

Pallbearers will be Roger Crane, Phil Crane, Gary Williamson, Mike Golebiewski, Paul Williamson, Pat Golebiewski, Donnie Martin, Robert Kennedy, Stan Williamson, Jeff Palmer, Donald Holder and David Lindley.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Benefield Cemetery Fund in care of Tommy Williamson, the Halltown Cemetery Fund in care of Charles Lindley or the Salem Cemetery Fund in care of Bro. Jackie Thompson.

Tupelo Daily Journal, Tupelo, Mississippi dated May 23 2000
GOLDEN - Connie C. Williamson, 72, died Sunday, May 21, 2000, at the North Mississippi Medical Center. He was a native of Mississippi and a graduate of Mississippi State University. He was a retired from TVA as a civil engineer with the hydraulic data branch after 32 years. After his retirement he supported the Federal Emergency Management Aid. He was a former ham radio operator and active in the MARS program for many years. He attended Salem Baptist Church in the Fairview community. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in World War II. He served with the U.S. Merchant Marines and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel in Red Bay, Ala., with the Rev. Jackie Thompson and the Rev. Charles Holcomb officiating. Burial will be in Benefield Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife of 51 1/2 years, Mary Lois Lindley Williamson of Golden; two daughters, Debra Williamson Droke and her husband, Jerry Armistead Droke, of Collierville, Tenn., and Jane Yvonne Williamson of Meridianville, Ala.; five sisters, Sarah Miller and Gloria Martin, both of Fairview, Myra Jackson of Hobart, Ind., Helen Kennedy of Mt. Juliet, Tenn., and Mary Holder of Hermitage, Tenn.; two brothers, Carmon Williamson of Little Rock, Ark., and Tommy Williamson of Fairview; three granddaughters, Kristen Amanda Droke, Emily Suzanne Droke and Ashley Elizabeth Droke, all of Collierville, Tenn.

He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Winona Collum Williamson; a daughter, Mona Sue Williamson; and a sister, Minyone Williamson Crane.

Pallbearers will be Roger Crane, Phil Crane, Gary Williamson, Mike Golebiewski, Paul Williamson, Pat Golebiewski, Donnie Martin, Robert Kennedy, Stan Williamson, Jeff Palmer, Donald Holder and David Lindley.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Benefield Cemetery Fund in care of Tommy Williamson, the Halltown Cemetery Fund in care of Charles Lindley or the Salem Cemetery Fund in care of Bro. Jackie Thompson.

Tupelo Daily Journal, Tupelo, Mississippi dated May 23 2000


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