James Rushing Williams

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The Sabine County Reporter
December 20, 1995, Page 10

Rushing Williams

James Rushing Williams, 68, of Milam died at 11:05 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, 1995, at Hemphill Care Center.

A longtime resident of the Milam area, he was born April 14, 1927, in Shelby County as son of the late James William and Nancy (Hatton) Williams. Williams, a U. S. Army veteran of World War II, was a retired millwright at Temple-Inland Pineland Operations and a member of Camp Springs Baptist Church.

Survivors: wife, Hattie Williams of Milam; two daughters, Brenda Horton of Hemphill and Debbie Smith of Jasper; two sons, Ronnie Williams of Milam and Jimbo Williams of Center; 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel of Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill with Bro. W. Clarence Howell and Bro. Vance R. Purtell officiating. Interment was at Gravelhill Cemetery in Sabine County.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2009)

James married Hattie Jean McCauley on 22 Feb 1946 in Shelby County, Texas. Hattie was born on 9 Dec 1930 in Texas; died on 22 Dec 2013 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Patricia Gale Williams was born on 21 Nov 1947 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 2 Nov 1985; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
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4. Debra"Debbie" Jean Williams was born on 16 May 1955 in Shelby County, Texas; died on 24 Jul 1998.
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