Rev. Max L. Williams Jr.

Rev. Max L. Williams, Jr. Eaton Rapids Rev. Max L. Williams, Jr., 59, born in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, went home to the Lord on Saturday, July 3, 2010. Serving as a United Methodist minister for 30 years in the West Ohio Conference, Max was preceded in death by his mother, Dorotha and his sister, Ruth; and is survived by his father, Max, Sr. and sister, Barbara Payne, both of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, and Jayne (Jan) Stuckey, of Marietta, Georgia, and their families. Max is survived by his pride and joy, sons, 2Lt. J. Zachary Williams, of Fort Knox, Kentucky and Samuel T. Williams, a senior at Baldwin-Wallace College, in Berea, Ohio. Family will receive friends from 2:00-4:00 p.m. THURSDAY, July 29, 2010 at the RUTHERFORD FUNERAL HOME AT POWELL, 450 West Olentangy St., Powell, Ohio 43065 (614)-792-1471 with a brief prayer service at 4:00 p.m. The prayer service will be conducted by Rev. John Girard. (The funeral home is located on W. Olentangy St./Powell Rd./SR 750 ¼ mile east of Sawmill Parkway.) Funeral services will be held at the FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF EATON RAPIDS, 600 S. Main St., Eaton Rapids, Michigan on SATURDAY, July 31, 2010 with Rev. Dean Francis, Rev. Lyle Heaton and Rev. Daniel Hofmann, officiating. Family will receive friends from 2:00-4:00 p.m. with services at 4:00 p.m., as well as a light dinner at the church following the service. Special thanks to the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center and Tidewell Hospice in Sarasota, Florida and to the numerous friends and family who continue to be an enormous support. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Eaton Rapids, Michigan. To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.rutherfordfuneralhomes.com.