JAMES B. WILLIAMS JR.

DEXTER -- James B. Williams Jr., 80, of St. Louis and formerly of Dexter, died Friday, March 17, 1995, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis.

He was born April 30, 1914, at Dexter, the son of James B. Williams Sr. and Maude A. France Williams. He married Ruth M. Barber in 1936 at Pacific.

He lived in St. Louis for many years, where he was a tool maker at McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft until his retirement in 1979. He was a member of Union Local 837 and the McDonnell-Douglas Retirees Club.

Survivors include his wife of Overland; a son, Ron L. Williams of St. Louis; a daughter, K. Jane Drueger of St. Louis; four brothers, Harold and Charles Williams, both of Dexter, Berwick Williams of Flint, Mich., and J.C. Williams of Dothan, Ala.; a sister Virginia Crandle of Carbondale, Ill.; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Friends may call after 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, where funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Vyron Yount will officiate, and burial will be in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter.