TITLE:   J. B. Williams

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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WILLIAMS, J.B.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS - J. B. Williams, 84, a retired C.E.O. of an oil and 
gas company, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2001, at a Fort Worth hospital. 
Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Thursday at Ridglea Baptist Church. 
Burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. Visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. 
Wednesday at Greenwood Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to 
Arthritis Foundation for Sclera-derma research, 3001 W. 5th St., Fort 
Worth, Texas 76116, Ridglea Baptist Church Bldg. Fund, 6037 Calmont 
Ave., Fort Worth 76116, 817-732-4421, Sagamore Hill Baptist Church, 
4400 Panola Ave., Fort Worth, Texas 76103. J. B. Williams was born 
March 15, 1917, in Arlington, Texas. He was an active member of 
Ridglea Baptist Church where he taught Sunday School for a number of 
years. He was also a member of the Shriners at the Moslah Temple, a 
Jester at ROJ Court No. 32, and a Mason of Lodge No. 925. He was known
for his friendliness and his generosity and will be mourned by many 
family, friends, colleagues, and his devoted staff at Southeastern 
Resources and Search Drilling. J.B. was preceded in death by his wife, 
Bonita McGee Williams; daughter, Sandra Lee; sister, Maude Mullins; 
and parents, Julius Berry and Irene Hamil Williams. Survivors include 
daughters, Sharon Williams Elton, Jeannie Ortiz and husband, Tim, 
Robin Turton and husband, Bo, and Sherman Meloni and husband, Chris; 
son, Mark Proctor and wife, Ann; grandchildren, Lamar Elton III, Tani 
Elton Hilbert and husband, John, Eve Elton, Stacy Brooks and husband, 
James, Susan Lee Ainsworth, William Lee, Brandon Ortiz, Sophia Meloni 
and Chessley Turton; great-grandchildren, Shannon Lee, Bodhi Brooks, 
Zoe Brooks and Kayla Foster; one brother, Danny Williams and wife, 
Maureen of Oklahoma City, Okla. (Published Oct 17, 2001)
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