WILLIAM THEODORE "TED" WILLIAMS

MONTICELLO — William Theodore "Ted" Williams, 94 of the Monticello Community passed away at his home on November 3, 2012.

A Graveside Service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at the Carter Family Cemetery in Stoneville, N.C., which is just off the Settle Bridge Road near NC HWY 135. The Rev. Kevin Cochran will officiate.

Ted was born on October 13, 1918 (Friday the 13th he would always say) in Rockingham County, NC to the late Robert Pinkney & Pearl Hurd Williams. Ted was one of eleven children born to Robert & Pearl. His childhood was filled with hard work and long hours working on the family farm, saw mills, cotton mills and even delivering newspapers. Ted was a proud member of the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Madison where he served a full enlistment during the Great Depression. It was here he developed a love of sports which included boxing and baseball. Although he never became a boxer, he became a very good baseball catcher and played for many local teams including the team in Mayodan. Many weekend road trips were taken to Washington D.C. to see the Pro's play. It was there in 1957 he met his baseball hero the "Great" Ted Williams. In the mid 1940's he started working for the American Tobacco Company driving his Hot Rod 1940 Ford to work. In the 1950's Ted started playing golf with his brothers C.B. and George. The three found out they were pretty good and really enjoyed the game. When the Williams brothers played they were hard to beat, especially C.B. Ted won his only major tournament in 1964, the American Tobacco Company Championship .He got his picture in the Reidsville newspaper holding the championship trophy. Within a year he would score his only hole in one. The 1960's, 70's and 80's were filled with numerous tournaments and road trips. Ted absolutely loved the game of golf and kept up with the current leaders of the game until the day he passed. He was a past member of Local 192 Tobacco Workers Union in Reidsville and was a Charter Member of the Pvt. Lorenzo Dow Williams Camp # 1456, Sons of Confederate Veterans in Reidsville. The Camp was named in honor of his grandfather in 1987 and he was Chapter's oldest current member. Ted loved to work outside mowing grass, cutting firewood and raising tomatoes and other vegetables until his health began to fail in the early 1990's. Ted was raised a Baptist but became a member of Brown Summit United Methodist Church in 1964 after his marriage to Iva Ruth Jones. At the time of his passing he was the oldest member of the Church.

He is survived by his son Rodney P. Williams and his wife Kelly, daughter Yvonne Carter and her husband Hubert, grandsons, Rodney "Patrick" Williams, II and Steven Carter, great grandsons, Chris, Adam & David Carter and a great great-grandson Evan Carter. He is also survived by his brothers Charles "C.B." Williams and wife Betty Jean, George Williams, sisters Mary Miller, Shirley Harris and husband Pete, Joy Ann Lamberth and husband Paul, Ruby Harrison and husband Jack , sister-in-law Helen Williams, and a maternal aunt Ruby McMillian , and numerous nieces , nephews and cousins.

He is preceded in death by his wife of 47 years Iva Ruth Jones Williams, brothers Thomas Williams and Howard Williams and infant brothers Robert Franklin Williams and Carlton Wayne Williams. He is also preceded in death by his daughters mother Nola Via Williams.

There will be an informal visitation from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m. Monday for family and friends at the Forbis & Dick Brooke Funeral Chapel in Stokesdale, NC. Flowers are welcomed, but memorials may be made to: SCV Camp # 1456, c/o Commander Calvin Jones, 600 Turkey Branch Road, Ferrum ,VA 24088.

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