[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 197 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2328]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING MR. SHERMAN WILLIAMS FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICE TO 
                              OUR COUNTRY

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 20, 2011

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable veteran, Mr. Sherman Williams, who was born March 29, 1922, 
to the late Jim Williams and Betty Johnson Williams in Bolton, 
Mississippi. Mr. Williams joined the Mt. Olive M. B. Church at an early 
age and was baptized by the late Reverend Mack Sanders. He attended 
school at Mt. Olive Learning School and later farmed for many years.
  Mr. Williams served in the United States Army from December 8, 1942 
to August 5, 1946 when he was released with an honorable discharge. 
After leaving the Army, he worked 27 years at the Tri-State Brick and 
Tile Company in Jackson, Mississippi.
  Mr. Williams is the loving father of four wonderful children: 
Roosevelt Williams (preceded him in death), of Jackson, Mississippi; 
Edward Lee Mack and Barbara Gale Anderson both of Byram, Mississippi; 
and Ezell Dotson of Clinton, Mississippi. He has eleven grandchildren 
and five great-grandchildren. Mr. Williams has a host of loving nieces 
and nephews.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Mr. 
Sherman Williams for his dedication to serving others.

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