Homer Lamar Williams (1912 - 1959)

Born 3 Sep 1912 in Meridian, Lauderdale Co, MS

Ancestors

Husband of Sara Margaret (Carpenter) Williams — married 14 Oct 1936 in Meridian, Lauderdale Co, MS

Descendants

Died 3 Nov 1959 at age 47 in Brewton, Escambia Co, AL

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Biography

In 1920 he was 7 living with his parents and sisters.

Married Sara Carpenter 14 Oct 1936.

He filled in a draft card on Oct 16, 1940 when he was 28. Around that time he was working in "Tony's Cafe" in Meridian.

In 1941 Homer was working at the "Smackover" cafeteria in Meridian

He was drafted or enlisted some time around 27 May 1942.

He served in the U.S. Navy SeaBees in the Pacific during WWII as a cook. At least some of that time he was at Midway. Navy SN 644-24-68.

27 May 1942 - Meridian

16 Jun 1942 - San Francisco

19 Jun 1942 - Honolulu

23 Jan 1943 - Midway

13 Apr 1943 - Honolulu

15 May 1943 - Honolulu

26 Oct 1945 - New Orleans, Discharged

Homer's service number is 644-34-68

Released from the Navy on 26 Oct 1945 in New Orleans he returned to Meridian where he worked at Weidman's Restaurant. Around 1950, with wife Sara Margaret, he moved to Brewton, AL where they ran a restaurant in the Lovelace Hotel. Around 1954 they opened Homer's Restaurant (Cafe?) in Demopolis, AL. Then around 1957 they returned to Brewton and opened the Old South Restaurant.

Homer was an alcoholic and developed cirrhosis of the liver both of which contributed ultimately to his suicide in Brewton on 3 Nov 1959,

Event

Event:

Type: buried

Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Meridian, MS

Occupation

Occupation: Cook

Sources

1920 U.S. Census

1930 U.S. Census

1940 U.S. Census

Draft Card

"United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMVB-F69 : 5 December 2014), Homer Williams, enlisted 14 Aug 1943, Cp Shelby, Mississippi, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 November 2019), memorial page for Homer Lamar Williams (3 Sep 1912–3 Nov 1959), Find A Grave Memorial no. 181856844, citing Magnolia Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Family Hunter (contributor 46799451) .