Thomas L. Williams Jr.

Thomas L. Williams Jr. PRINCETON, W.Va. Thomas L. Williams, Jr., 79, of 749 Woodland Lane, died Friday, April 16, 2010, at Princeton Community Hospital. Born Aug. 19, 1930, in Carswell, W.Va., he was the son of the late Thomas Luther Williams Sr. and Lula Mae Whitt Williams. He was a retired coal miner with 25 years service last working for Pittston Coal Company and had lived most of his life in McDowell and Mercer Counties. He attended the Lilly Grove Community Church and was very active when his health permitted. For years Thomas and his late wife Betty, sang at various churches and over the air for many radio stations while their health permitted. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jean Rudd Williams on August 30, 2009; one granddaughter, Kristy Michelle Williams on June 20, 2004; and one sister, Dovie Williams. Survivors include two sons, Nelson "Keith" Williams of Princeton and Christopher "Chris" Williams of Bristol Virginia; one grandson, Thomas Keith "T.K." Williams of Princeton; daughter-in-law, Rebecca Sue Williams of Princeton; two brothers, the Rev. Douglas Williams and wife Dorothy of Princeton and Cory Williams and wife Gladys of Athens; and three sisters, Betty Jean Williams of Keen, W.Va., (near Kimball), Geneva Perdue of Princeton, and Joann England of Carswell, W.Va. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m., Monday, April 19, 2010, at the G.E. Davis Chapel of Fredeking Funeral Service in Oakvale, with Mr. Williams brother, the Rev. Douglas Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 until 8 p.m., Sunday, April 18, 2010. Fredeking Funeral Service in Oakvale is serving the Williams family.