Pastor Seldon J. Williams Jr.

WILLIAMS, Pastor Seldon J. Jr. – Age 67, passed away Thursday, November 10, 2016 at his residence. Family hour 10:00 AM Friday, November 18, 2016 at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, G-5443 N. Saginaw Street, with funeral service commencing at 11:00 AM Rev. Dr. KD Yarber Sr., officiating. Interment Great Lakes National Cemetery, G-4200 Belford Rd., Holly, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:00 Friday. Pastor Williams will lie in state at King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church, 2220 W. Coldwater Rd., and may be viewed from 12:00 PM -8:00 PM Thursday, where there will also be a Memorial Service from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Pastor Seldon Jacob Williams, Jr. was born November 23, 1948 to the union of Rev. Seldon Williams and Delphia Beatrice Turner who preceded him in death. He was the 3rd of 5 children, 1 brother preceded him in death, Delma J. Williams. Seldon J. Williams, Jr. is a native of Flint, MI. He is the son of the late Rev. Seldon and Delphia B. (Turner) Williams. After the passing of his mother, God blessed him with another dedicated mother, Mo. Mattie Williams. Rev. Williams obtained his primary and secondary education within Flint Public Schools, graduating from Northwestern High School in 1967. He was in active duty in the United States Army from June 1968 to March 1970, serving 13 of those months in Korea. He was employed at Delphi, a division of General Motors, for 33 ½ years, retiring in 2000. Pastor Williams has a strong ministerial background. His spiritual development began very early for his father was also a preacher and teacher of the gospel for 29 years. Pastor Williams committed to following God’s will and purpose in his life. He received the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ in 1958 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Flint, MI under the late Pastor L.W. Pryor. Pastor Williams entered the ministry in December 1976 under the tutelage and nurturing of his father. He was ordained in August 1977. He started his formal ministerial studies at the United Bible Institute in 1977. He then attended the American Baptist College of the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee graduating in 1983 with a Bachelors of Arts in Theology. A year later, he was called to follow in his father’s footsteps as the spiritual leader and Pastor of the King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church in October of 1984. He is an obedient and faithful laborer, profound leader, but most notably, a sincere and devoted preacher and teacher of the gospel for the last 37 years, pastoring King Solomon M.B. Church the last 32 years. Apart from actively participating in civic and religious activities in the City of Flint, Pastor Williams has served as a member of the Concerned Pastors for Social Action, financial secretary of the Baptist Ministers Alliance, chairman of the Simultaneous Revival, office manager of the CPSA Courier, member Eureka Lodge #16, Great Lakes District Association Vice Moderator at Large 2014 – 2015, 1st Vice President of Great Lakes Baptist District Congress and a volunteer for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America. In 1985, he received the award for Outstanding Young Man of America. In 2007, the Women’s Auxiliary of the Great Lakes Baptist District honored him as Pastor of the Year. Pastor Williams made his triumphant transition to glory on Thursday, November 10, 2016, leaving to cherish his memory, his loving son, Seldon Jacoby (Kisha) Williams III; grandchildren, Kennedy, Khloe and Seldon IV; mother, Mo. Mattie L. Williams; siblings, Frank J. (JoAnn) Williams of Chicago, IL., Nora Sue Moore, Rev. Eugene (Teresa) Williams; Aunts, Marie Thompson of Stone Mountain, GA and Thelma King of Little Rock, AK, Mary A. Chaney, Edna Chaney and Rosemary Chaney all of Flint, MI; favorite niece Adrianna Pendleton-Quinn, God-Daughter Deanna Davis; the Williams, Turner, Watkins, and Chaney Families, King Solomon M.B. Church Family, King Solomon G.A.N.G. whom he affectionately called “His Babies”, and a host of other relatives and dear friends including Mr. Charles Paschal, Mr. Phillip Johnson, Mr. Robert (Annie) Peoples, and Rev. Dr. Kim D. Yarber, caregiver, Kayonna Ferguson, and cook, Annetta Cooper.

Pastor Seldon J. Williams Jr.

November 23, 1948 - November 10, 2016