Lester Williams
December 25, 1925 – April 24, 2016
Lester Williams, 90, of Wilson passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville surrounded by his loving family. His funeral service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey, with military honors. The Rev. Johnny Sullivan will officiate.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening immediately following the service at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson and other times at the home.
Lester was born in Nash County on December 25, 1925 to the late Vernon Williams and Myrtle Peele Williams. He was a member of Daniels chapel FWB Church until he could no longer attend, due to his health. Lester served his country with pride and honor with the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force during World War II. He was retired from Wilson Petroleum Company.
Lester is survived by his wife of sixty-four years, Virginia High Williams; his daughter, Connie Rabil and husband, Richard of Wilson; his son, James Ray Williams and wife, Cathy of Rocky Mount; his loving granddaughter, Crickett Bottoms and her fiancée, Pablo Maldonado Segura; his grandson, Jason Williams of Wilmington; his great-grandson who was the special joy in his life, Nolan G. Gonzalez, and his nephew, Ronald Lee Williams of Bailey.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon Williams and Myrtle Peele Williams and his sisters, Esther Peele and Lettie Mae Williams.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be directed to Daniels Chapel Church, 4828 Frank Price Church Road, Wilson, North Carolina 27893.
Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.