December 8, 1997

ERNEST WILLIAMS

ANNA -- Ernest A. Williams, 82, of Anna died Saturday, Dec. 6, 1997, at his home. He was born Aug. 19, 1915, at Anna, son of Robert and Sarah Poe Williams. He married Dorothy L. Braggs on May 12, 1940, at Jackson, Mo. She died Jan. 2, 1994. Williams worked for the state of Illinois, the I.C. Railroad and Lewis Brothers Bakery. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Anna...

ANNA -- Ernest A. Williams, 82, of Anna died Saturday, Dec. 6, 1997, at his home.

He was born Aug. 19, 1915, at Anna, son of Robert and Sarah Poe Williams. He married Dorothy L. Braggs on May 12, 1940, at Jackson, Mo. She died Jan. 2, 1994.

Williams worked for the state of Illinois, the I.C. Railroad and Lewis Brothers Bakery. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Anna.

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Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Harvell of Jonesboro and Ernestine Jackson of Memphis, Tenn.; a brother, Carl Williams of Anna; two sisters, Dovie Lacy of Anna and Lillian Whitnel of Montgomery; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.

Friends may call at Hileman & Parr Funeral Home from 4 to 7 p.m. today.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Wes Henson officiating. Burial will be at the Anna Cemetery.

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