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Paul Williams

Grand Rapids, Michigan

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WILLIAMS, PAUL AVERILL Paul Averill Williams, born June 28, 1934, in the back bedroom of his family's home on Kellogg Street, Grand Rapids, MI, lost an incredible five-month fight against leukemia on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Houston, Texas. Paul was the youngest son of Francis and J. Fern...

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Sorry to hear of Paul's death.

Dear Williams Family--
My sympathies to you and also to Paul's many friends and colleagues. The reference in the obituary to Paul standing up to a huge insurance company is indicative of the fighter he was on behalf of "little people" versus the big and the powerful.
I first met Paul when he was appointed by the Circuit Court to defend a black man accused of murdering a white policeman--an impossible case to successfully defend in Grand Rapids. I was assigned by my City...

Kay, and family,
Our sincere sympathy from the combined Central High School class of 1952 & 1953.