Hobart H Williams

H.H. (CHICKEN) WILLIAMS, 65, DIED WEDNESDAY AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN CHAPEL HILL AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS.
HE WAS A NATIVE AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF NASH COUNTY, AND A RETIRED WELDER WITH ATLANTIC COASTLINE RAILROAD, HAVING RETIRED IN 1958 AFTER 30 YEARS SERVICE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF REDMAN’S LODGE AND THE DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA.
WILLIAMS, SON OF THE LATE LAWRENCE W. WILLIAMS AND LULA HILLIARDSON WILLIAMS, WAS A MEMBER OF STONEY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED FRIDAY AT 3:30 PM. HIS PASTOR, THE REV. GRADY DICKENS, ASSISTED BY THE REV. CALVIN RAINES OF CHAPEL HILL, A FORMER PASTOR, WILL OFFICIATE. BURIAL WILL BE IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
THE MEN’S BIBLE CLASS OF STONEY CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH WILL SERVE AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS.
THE BODY WILL REMAIN AT GAY-YOST FUNERAL HOME UNTIL TAKEN TO THE CHURCH ONE HOUR PRIOR TO SERVICES.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE, MRS. EDNA BARNES WILLIAMS OF THE HOME, RT. 3, ROCKY MOUNT; FOUR SONS, CARLTON R. OF THE HOME, DWIGHT H. AND PHILIP B. WILLIAMS, BOTH OF ROCKY MOUNT, BRYAN L. WILLIAMS OF HUNTSVILLE ALA.; A SISTER, MRS. OLLIE MULLENS OF BALTIMORE, MD.; SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN.