Carl Reece Williams, Sr. was born February 26, 1923 at Treadway, Tennessee to Hence Tillman & Ida Mae Wolfe Williams. October 1, 1949 he married Irene Yancey from Lavaca, Sebastian Co., Ar. The marriage was in Franklin Co., Ar. Carl registered for the military draft in Hancock, Tennessee. He enlisted in the US Army May 14, 1946 and served until May 13, 1949. He re-enlisted May 14, 1958 and served until April 1, 1962 according to his vetrans records. Carl passed away December 19, 2008 at Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Arkansas. His has a marker in Williams Cemetery in Hancock County, Tennessee. ================================ Carl R. Williams, Sr. resided in Lavaca, Arkansas, departed this life on Friday, December 19, 2008, at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith. He was born February 26, 1923 in Treadway, Tennessee to the late Hence Williams and Ida "Wolf" Williams. He was 85 years old. He was a retired U.S. Army veteran of World War II and was a Baptist. His body was cremated and his cremains will be buried at the Williams family cemetery in Treadway, Tennessee at a later date. Memorial service will be 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 23, 2008, at the Brotherton Funeral Home Chapel in Charleston, with the Rev. Roy Lovell officiating, under the direction of the Brotherton Brothers Funeral Home in Charleston. He is survived by his wife, Irene Williams, of the home; three daughters, Teddie Hamilton of Fort Smith, Caron Park of Cedarville, and Carrie Colley of Fort Smith; two sons, Carl Williams, Jr. of Muskogee, Oklahoma and Lee Williams of Lavaca; two sisters, June Hamm and Florence Hilton, both of Treadway, Tennessee; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren