William Clemit Williams

William Clemit Williams, 85, of Iuka, Mississippi, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at the VA Medical Center – Memphis, TN. He was a U. S. Army veteran of WWII and a member of Airport Mission Baptist Church. He was a gifted cook, preferring fried to all other methods. In years of good health, he was an avid hunter of squirrels and rabbits, hunting on much of the land visible from HWY 385 from Collierville to Memphis. He was a fisherman as well as a very good gardener. He canned and froze his produce, as at home in the kitchen as in a boat. Reared in hard times, he saw animals as a source of life and living, making more than pleasure and pastime, and he was always kind to animals. He worked hard from an early age, once remarking that as a young man he didn’t believe man could ever overtake the Great Southern forest. He formed a habit of reading two chapters a day from the Bible and praised the Creator, sometimes by creating. Visitation is until service time, Wednesday, February 9, 2011, at Cutshall Funeral Home in Iuka. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 09, 2011, at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka, officiated by Bro. Leon Snyder and Bro. Jimmy Daniel. Interment will follow in Providence Cemetery. Pallbearers include Jerry Carlisle, Roe Arnold, Jerry White, Jimmy Daniel, Ricky Dillard, Jesse Glen McDuffy. Cutshall Funeral Home of Iuka, MS is entrusted with arrangements. He is survived by only child, Roberta White (Perry), their only child, Anna White and her only child, Cole Norris all of Iuka, two brothers, Clarence Williams, formerly of Tishomingo, now of Florence, AL; and John Leonard Williams (Norma); several nieces and nephews from Vero Beach, FL to Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert I and Minnie Murphy Williams; his brothers, James Clifford, Ernest, Oneal and Lester Williams and a sister, Bobbie Holland. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital Attn: Memorials, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or to the Laymen’s Home Missionary Movement 1156 St. Matthews Road Chester Springs PA 18425.