{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Cecil Eugene Williams &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ay23Bpg1TL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/cecil-eugene-williams\/\">Cecil Eugene Williams<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/cecil-eugene-williams\/embed\/#?secret=ay23Bpg1TL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cecil Eugene Williams&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"ay23Bpg1TL\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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He was born on October 30, 1935 to the late Cecil Hobart Williams and Grace (Bean) Williams in Jellico, TN.\u00a0 His paternal grandparents were the late Henry H. Williams and Rosa Lee (Ault) Williams. His maternal grandparents were the late Robert Bean and Dora (Meeks) Bean. He was a graduate of Jellico High School \u2013 Class of 1954. He was a talented musician. He and his brother, Jim, had a band in their younger years.\u00a0 He was a welder by trade. In addition to his parents and grandparents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Lois Marie (Williams) Surber, Billie Evelyn (Williams) McNealy, and infant, Vivian Janet Williams; two brothers, James Albert Williams and Robert Earl Williams; four brothers-in-law, John Clint \u201cJ. C.\u201d Surber, Ernest McNealy, Michael Leach, and J. L. \u201cSarge\u201d Collins; and one great-nephew, Tony Jardine. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Williams, of Franklin, TN, formerly of Foley, Minnesota; eight children, Sherry Barnes, and husband, Mike, of Pearl City, Illinois, Cathy Walczyk, and husband, Darrel, of Jellico, TN, John Williams, and wife, Kim, of Jellico, TN, Debbie Harris, of Franklin, TN, Susy Bailey, of Franklin, TN, Eugene Williams, and wife, Marsha, of Thompsons Station, TN, Ronald Williams, of Spring Hill, TN, and Steve Williams, and wife, Wendy, of Culleoka, TN; special family, Gloria Elliott, Patti Marshall, Jimmy Stewart, and Anna Stewart; 16 grandchildren, Nick DeGroot, Justin DeGroot (Kate), Caitlin Walczyk, Aimee Wilson (Jack), Louis Scornavacco (Nicole), Seth Williams, James Curtis, Heather Williams (Jimorris), Sydni Bailey Dicke (Tyler), Alex Bailey, Rachel Williams, Sarah Mayhugh (Clay), Jackson Williams, Austin Williams, Jac Williams, and Jessie Williams; four great-grandchildren, Kimani Harper, Kaizlei Williams, Oliver Layne Williams, Alyssa Scornavacco, and two boys on the way.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 He is also survived by two sisters, Christine Garrison, and husband, Gary, of Oak Ridge, TN and Elaine June Leach Collins, of Jellico, TN; and two sisters-in-law, Zee Williams, of Louisville, Mississippi and Phyllis Williams, of Powell, TN;\u00a0 several nieces and nephews in Tennessee and Minnesota, and a host of friends and other relatives to mourn his passing. The funeral was held on Saturday, October 24, at the Cox &amp; Son Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Francis \u201cJunior\u201d Dople officiating. Interment followed in the Douglas Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The American Lung Association and\/or The American Heart Association. Cox &amp; Son Funeral Home in charge of arrangements."}