Roy Talbert Williams, 87, son of Thomas J. and Martha Ice Williams, was born March 7, 1921, at Stultz. He died July 17, 2008, at Licking Park Manor after a two-year battle with cancer.
He attended school at Simmons and Houston, graduating in 1939 from Licking High School.
Mr. Williams was a partner for 39 years with his brother, George, in the Western Auto Store in Licking.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in Co. D 15th IRTC, attaining the rank of sergeant.
He married Colleen Crow Oct. 14, 1939. They had one daughter.
Mr. Williams was a member of the Licking Church of Christ for more than 50 years and served the community as a school board member and volunteer fire chief. He was a member of American Legion Post #559.
He was a substitute mail carrier for 18 years, becoming permanent in 1980. He retired in 1982.
He and his wife spent the winter months in Wesleco, Texas, for 22 years, where they made many friends.
He was a fox and quail hunter, fisherman and camper. The hours he spent each weekday at the coffee shop became his greatest joy.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Lester and George Williams; and three sisters, Beulah Hawkins, Fannie Potts and Velma Martin.
Surviving are his wife; daughter, Meredith Dee Hood; two grandsons and six great-grandchildren.
Services were July 19 at the Licking Church of Christ with Larry Tubbs officiating. Burial was in the Licking Cemetery under the direction of Fox Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Community Hospice of America or Sonshine Rainbow Day School.
