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- Manford George Williams - March 8, 1897 - June 17, 1991. Military Service: Veteran of the United States Army during World War I. Son of Judson M. and Almeda A. Hilton Williams. Husband of Carrie Philura Sherman Williams (married April 10, 1918) & Dora Mae Williams (married about 1941.)
Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, June 20, 1991 Syracuse Post-Standard - Syracuse, New York - Services for Manford G. Williams, 94, a former resident of Sand Ridge who died Monday in Kissimmee, Florida, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Richland Church of Christ. Burial will be in Richland Cemetery. Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Allanson-Glanville-Tappan Funeral Home, 919 Main Street, Phoenix. A native of Boylston, Mr. Williams also lived in Richland, Gilberts Mills and Sand Ridge areas before moving to Kissimmee in 1958. He was a retired barber and operated a barber shop for several years in Phoenix. Mr. Williams was an Army veteran of World War I and a life member of the Phoenix Post, American Legion. Surviving are eight sons, Kenneth of Onondaga Hill, Phillip of Phoenix, Manley of Kissimmee, LaVern and M Lewis, both of Pennellville, Ronald of Oswego, Clive of Central Square and Timothy of Syracuse; three daughters, Mrs. Gardner VanDerveer of Aloha, Oregon, Mrs. Richard Spaulding of Kissimmee and Mrs. Gene Wolfe of Central Square; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Butts of Kissimmee and Mrs. Robert Barnhart of Hinman, South Carolina; 34 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
MANFORD WILLIAMS, 94, RETIRED MINISTER
Orlando Sentinel, The (FL) (Published as THE ORLANDO SENTINEL) - June 19, 1991Browse Issues
Everybody had to do their part during World War I.
For Manford Williams, it was clipping the hair of fellow soldiers stationed at the Panama Canal to protect it from the mighty enemy forces.
Williams, 94, died Monday in Kissimmee.
''When he was in the Army, he learned about cutting hair,'' said his older sister, Verna Butts, 97, of Kissimmee.
Williams then went into the barber business, but shortly after his return to the United States, he became a devout Christian.
The inspiration led him to become a pastor in Richland, N.Y. the first of several stops as a Church of Christ minister and where he will be buried this week alongside his wife, Butts said.
He moved to Kissimmee in 1965 after retiring. He helped at the First Christian Church and was a member of a American Legion post in Kissimmee.
Born in Boyleston, N.Y., Williams was one of six children, the father of 12 children and the grandfather of 34 grandchildren.
''He had a happy, active, long life,'' Butts said.
Williams is survived by: Sons, Kenneth of Syracuse, N.Y. and Phillip of Phoenix, N.Y., Manley of Kissimmee, Lavern Coy and M. Lewis, both of Pennellville, N.Y., Ronald, of Oswego, N.Y., Clive of Central Square, N.Y., and Timothy, of Clay, N.Y.; Daughters, Vilma Vanderveer of Barstow, N.Y.; Vina Spaulding of Kissimmee and Tamsie Wolfe, of Central Square, N.Y.; sisters, Verna Butt of Kissimmee and Amber Barnhart of Inman, S.C.; 34 grandchildren; and several great and great great grandchildren.
Conrad & Thompson Funeral Home in Kissimmee is in charge of local arrangements.
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1897 - 1991 (94 years)
d. 6 May 1953 (Age 86 years)