Roy Williams Jr.

Roy Williams Jr. NORFOLK - Roy "Ganga" Williams Jr., 82, passed away Oct. 6, 2009, at Sentara Leigh Memorial Hospital. A lifelong resident of Norfolk, he attended Maury High School. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, Va. He retired from civil service at ComNavAirLant after 40 years of service. Roy loved to travel and was an accomplished gardener, especially summer tomatoes and winter collards. Roy was notorious for teasing those he loved. He will be dearly missed by his friends especially his breakfast buddies. He was the father figure to his beloved grandchildren. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Jean M. Williams and his daughter, Donna Jean McClurg. He is also survived by three grandchildren, Stacy Lynn Brown and husband Phillip, Tracy Ann Williams and husband Roger and grandson, Jason Russell McClurg and wife Rebecca; three great-grandchildren, Brooke Lynn and Bailey Jean Brown and Tristan McClurg; a sister, Norma Lee Magness; many nieces and nephews. A funeral will be conducted today at 2 p.m. in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel, with the Rev. Kathleen Monge officiating. The burial with Army honors will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family received friends at the funeral home Thursday, Oct. 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, 601 Children's Lane, Norfolk, VA 23510. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.hollomon-brown.com.