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Earl "Willie" Martin Williams © Haart Funeral Home
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
January 2010Submitted by: Martha Real
Graveside services for Earl “Willie” Martin Williams, 81, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, January 11, 2010 at the Cookson-Proctor Cemetery, Cookson, OK. Pastor Wayne Rice will preside. Funeral services have been entrusted to the care of the Hart Funeral Home of Tahlequah.
Earl Martin Williams was born in Turley, OK, on December 16, 1928 to Herbie Williams and Maggie (McCracken) Williams. Earl was married to Lola L (Fuson) on January 21, 1954 in Ventura, CA. Earl served over twenty years with the United States Navy, retiring with the rank of Boatswain's Mate, First Class. He served during WW II, the Korean War and the Vietnam Conflict. After his service in the United States Navy he worked as a security guard for the City of Long Beach, CA and also worked at the Water Department at Chicken Creek, OK. Earl enjoyed fishing and gardening.
Earl departed this life on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 in Muskogee, OK, at the age of 81. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Lola, daughter, Beverly Terrell, son Wendell Parker, sister Edna, two brothers, one grandson and by one granddaughter.
Survivors include, three sons, Myrl Parker and wife Thelma of Stilwell, Don Williams and wife Mary of Cookson and Leonard Williams of New Orleans, LA; two daughters, Brenda Lane of Tahlequah and Sherry Bosh and husband Mike of Ambridge, PA; three brothers, Albert “Spec” Williams of Kansas, Tommy Williams and wife Nancy of El Reno, OK and Harold Williams of Washington; son-in-law, Bobby Terrell of Gore, OK; thirteen grandchildren, twenty four great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren; as well as many other family members and friends.
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