Jimmy Edward Williams

Funeral services for Jimmy Edward Williams, 80, of Corinth are set for 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 18, 2013 at Magnolia Funeral Home, Chapel of Memories. Burial will be in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery with full military honors. Mr. Williams died Saturday, March 15, 2013, at home with his family. A native of Unadilla, Georgia, he was born March 26, 1932. He joined the United States Air Force in 1951 and served for twenty years ending with his retirement in 1971. He meritoriously served in the Vietnam conflict in 1968. In 1960 he was voted the most valuable baseball player in the United States Air Force European league. In honor of this recognition he received a trip to all seven games of the 1960 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Pittsburg Pirates. In 1971 he and his wife Bettye Sue (Burns) Williams moved to Corinth and operated Easy Rest Furniture Manufacturing for 22 years. He was an active member of West Corinth Baptist Church and lifelong democrat; however his greatest joy was watching his children and his grandchildren play sports. He is preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Nina Evans, his wife Bettye of 49 years and one grandson, Justin Williams. Survivors include two sons, James Williams and his wife, Wanda, and Mike Williams and his wife, Betty, both of Corinth; three daughters, Vickey Hayes and her husband Terry, and Jessica Shipman and her husband Danny all of Corinth, and Susan Hebert and her husband Charles, of Plano, Texas; two sisters Eunice Mims and Martha Kinsler of Warner Robbins, Georgia. Nine grandchildren: Justin Williams, Kevin Williams, Hunter Shipman (Anna), Heath Shipman, Ian Hebert, Anna Williams, Kayce Hayes, Amanda Williams, Leesa Hayes, Katie Hebert. Three Great- Grandchildren: Hayden Shipman, Holden Shipman, Shawn Voyles, and numerous nephews, nieces, other family members and a host of friends. Honorary Pallbearers will be his nephews: Allen Williams, David Williams, Steve Williams, Mark Williams, Beau Williams, Al Mims, Mike Kinsler, Keith Kinsler, Kevin Kinsler, Mark Kinsler, Frank Lathrop, Alan Burns. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 17, 2013, from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Magnolia Funeral Home.