Mr. Willie L. Williams

WILLIAMS, Mr. Willie L. "Crazy Monkey" - Age 88, passed away Saturday, December 21, 2013 at his residence. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 30, 2013 at Ebenezer Ministries, 2130 S.Center Rd., Burton, MI, with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Bishop Urundi Knox Host Pastor, Rev. Harry Prince officiating. Interment Great Lakes National Cemetery, 4200 Belford Rd., Holly, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Monday. Mr. Williams will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Mr. Willie L. Williams “Crazy Monkey” was born April 17, 1925 in Goldsbora, North Carolina, the son of Sam and Lillie Williams. Mr. Williams was Honorably Discharged from US Navy in 1947, Steward’s Mate First Class. He received a Victory Medal World War II, America Area. He served on Roosevelt Base, T.I. San Pedro, California, USS Hesperia (AKS-13), and USS LST 75. Mr. Williams retired from Lansing Poured Wall Company and was a member of International Union of Operating Engineering Local #324. He married Jessie Mae Hughes on August 14, 1965. Mr. Willie L. Williams “Crazy Monkey” is survived by: his children, Nate (Samecika) Williams, Dawn (Anthony) Jackson and Pamela Batson; grandchildren, Shaquaya Jackson, Donquel (Ant’quniece) Jackson, Nate Williams Jr., Nataevion Williams, Ayeishah Jackson, Devonta Jackson, Dontrell Ware, Thomas Baker Jr., Jamar (Connie) Baker, Jeffrey Mitchell, Deangelo Mitchell; great-grandchild, Mar’laisha Jackson; special children including, Margie (Jake) Toins, Fermin Reyes, Teresa Thompson, Lisa Spencer, Lucinda Roberts, Michael Kuhling and Anita Smith; a host of other special great-grandchildren and special friends including, Will Hamlett, Sonny Miller, Robert Green, George Carter, Randy Frye, Leroy McNeal, Kalamazoo Family, Wren Boys, McClellan Street Garage Friends and Holtslander Garden Street Friends. Mr. Williams was preceded in death by wife, Jessie Mae Williams; daughters, MaryGene Baker and Lenora Mitchell; parents, Sam and Lillie Williams; special parents, RC and Mary Coleman; special friend, Jacqueline Kuhling. The family would like to express special thanks to Dr. Khalid Ahmed, Dr. Mikhail, Genesys Hurley Cancer Institute, 9th Floor Nursing Staff at Hurley Medical Center, and Heartland Hospice.

Mr. Willie L. Williams

April 17, 1925 - December 21, 2013