Philip Bardon Williams

PHILIP BARDON WILLIAMS, 79, PASSED AWAY SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2004. BORN AUGUST 31, 1924, IN NASH COUNTYM HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE HOBART HENDERSON WILLIAMS AND EDNA BARNES WILLIAMS. PHILIP WAS A MEMBER OF DORTCHES BAPTIST CHURCH. HE GRADUATED FROM BENVENUE HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1943, AND WAS THEN DRAFTED INTO THE U.S. NAVY. HE PROUDLY SERVED AS A RADARMAN DURING WWII. WHEN HE RETURNED HOME IN 1946, HE MED AND MARRIED DOROTHY HIS “SWEET THING.” HE THEN ATTENDED KINGS BUSINESS COLLEGE IN RALIGH, WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS ACCOUNTING DEGREE. IN HIS 31 YEARS AS AN ACCOUNTANT, HE WORKED FOR SEVERAL LOCAL COMPANIES. UPON HIS RETIREMENT AS AN ACCOUNTANT, HE BEGAN A NEW CAREER IN 1980 AS A NASH COUNTY MAGISTRATE, UNTIL HIS REITREMENT IN 1991. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO BROTHERS, CARLTON RAY WILLIAMS AND DWIGHT HENDERSON WILLIAMS.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY, HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE OF 57 YEARS, DOROTHY H. (PERRY) WILLIAMS; THREE DAUGHTERS, PHYLLIS WILLIAMS RHEA AND HUSBANDM JIMMIE OF ROCKY MOUNT, BRENDA WILLIAMS SKINNER AND HUSBAND, PHILLIP OF ELM CITY, AND SUSAN WILLIAMS WORDSWORTH JANKO AND HUSBAND, MIKE OF COOKEVILLE, TENN.; ONE BROTHER, BRYAN LEE WILLIAMS AND WIFE, PATRICIA OF MADISON, ALA.; THREE GRANDCHILDREN, JEFFREY DAVID RHEA, KRYSTLE ALLISON WORDSWORTH AND CODY SHAYNE SKINNER; FOUR STEP-GRANDCHILDREN, JENNIFER AND MICHAEL JANKO, AMY WORDSWORTH EDWARDS AND DAWN WORDSWORTH WADE; AND THREE STEP-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS, MONDAY, MAY 17, 2004, FROM 6-7:30PM AT BOWLING FUNERAL HOME, AND OTHER TIMES AT THE HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2004, AT 2PM IN THE CHAPEL OF BOWLING FUNERAL HOME WITH DR. CHET RAINS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK. FLOWERS WILL BE ACCEPTED OR MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO DORTCHES BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDING FUND, 4776 DORTCHES BLVD., ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804, OR TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER, 3131 RDU CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 100, MORRISVILLE, NC 27560.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE ENTRUSTED TO BOWLING FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, 661 ENGLISH ROAD, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804.