Harold Williams

Harold Williams obituary, Mooresboro, NC

Harold Williams

Harold Williams Obituary

Visit the Harrelson Funeral and Cremation Services website to view the full obituary.

Harold Williams, age 78, of Mooresboro, passed away, Saturday, January 6, 2024 Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Harold was born Saturday, May 19, 1945 in Carter County, Tennessee to the late Dewey Williams and Dimple Grindstaff Williams. He worked as a boilermaker for Bethlehem Steel building ships for twenty years in Maryland and later as a bridge builder. He also worked for Stonecutter Mill and most recently as a parts puller for Morrow Motors. Harold enjoyed working on cars and trucks, gardening, dirt track racing and was meticulous about mowing his lawn. 

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Wayne Williams, Pete Williams, Terry Williams and his sister, Vivian Buracker.

Those left to treasure his memory include his wife of sixty years, Linda Williams; daughter, Alesia Byers (Shane) of Forest City; son, Daniel Williams (Patricia) of Rutherfordton; sister, Brenda Cole of Baltimore, Maryland; grandchildren, Leigh Ann Hill, Tyler Brown (Terri), Sydney Licata (Alex), Jordan McBrayer (Seth), Michaela Brackett (Dewayne), Cheyenne Carpenter (Josh), Cody Dills, Waylon Byers and Leanne Byers; great-grandchildren, Devin Bradford, Rylan Hill, Kailyn Skinner, Colton Brown, Jaxson Brackett, Braxton Brackett, Mason Brackett, Miles Byers and Boone Hill.

A private memorial service will be held for the family.

Memorial donations are requested to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC  28043.

  

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Harrelson Funeral and Cremation Services

1251 US Highway 221A, Forest City, NC 28043

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