Joe Lee Williams, 65, of Daphne, a native and former resident of Atmore, died Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Thomas Hospital in Fairhope.
He was a native of the Freemanville Community of Atmore and graduated from Escambia County Training School in 1959. He retired from Scott Paper Company in Mobile and was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church in Daphne.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Autry and Aline Williams; brother, Leo Williams, Virgil Peoples and James “Son” Williams; and sisters, Ollie M. Barnes and Geneva Rivers.
Survivors include his wife, Ellen B. Williams of Daphne; daughter, Karen Lynn (Caruso) Lamar of West Palm Beach, Fla.; two sons, Erold Andre Williams of Mobile and Anthony Quinn (Regina) Williams of Daphne; two sisters, Juanita Hubbert of Thomasville and Idell (Robert) Longmire of Atmore; three brothers, Leroy (Minnie) Williams of Atmore, Herman (Barbara) Williams of Detroit and Willie Fred (Constance) Williams of Tacoma, Wash.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, April 4 at the New Order Missionary Baptist Church in Atmore with the Rev. Alfonzia Williams and the Rev. Sidney Grant officiating. Burial will follow at the Williams Family Cemetery in Atmore.
Arrangements are by Turner Funeral Chapel LLC, Atmore.
