J V Williams

AFTON, OK — J.V. Williams, of Afton, Okla., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, at his home. He was 84. Mr. Williams was born Aug. 26, 1926, in Sid, Okla., to Mason Stephen and Beulah Avel (Phoenix) Williams. He served in the U.S. Navy. He had lived in the Afton area most of his life. He retired in 1986, as a truck driver for Yellow Freight in Baxter Springs, Kan., and owned and operated Williams Feed in Afton for 22 years. He was preceded in death by his parents and his stepfather, Elmer Duncan. He married Joyce Feuers on Jan. 13, 1946, in Sablette, Kan. She survives of the home. Additional survivors include two sons, Warner (Steve) Williams and Patsy, of Afton, and James (Jim) Williams and wife, Jerrie, of Ardmore, Okla.; one sister, Marilyn Krontz and husband, Kenny, of Albuquerque, N.M.; six grandchildren and spouses, Rowdy and Mary Caulfield, Brianna and Jimmy Barton, Brandi and Matt Suffal, Michael Williams, Brian and Katie Williams and James Williams; eight great-grandchildren; and nine nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Friday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Afton. Pastor Lee Williams will officiate. Pallbearers will be Rowdy Caulfield, Michael Williams, Brian Williams, James Williams, Jimmy Barton and Matt Suffal. Honorary pallbearers will be Willard Beisley, Joe Fry, Pete Trask, Jim Mill, Kenny Mayers, Yellow Freight drivers, John Hopper, E.W. (Doc) Allensworth and John White. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Afton. Military Rites will be conducted by American Legion Post No. 147 Funeral Detail. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening at the First Christian Church in Afton. Services are under the direction of the Paul Thomas Funeral Home, of Miami, Okla.