[Bristol-Birds] Obit: Ed E. Williams III
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 02:03:16 -0400
Ed E. Williams III
UNICOI, Tenn. - Ed E. Williams III, age 56, 1002 Fox Hound Road, died Tuesday,
Oct. 26, 2004, at his residence, following a lengthy battle with cancer.
Mr. Williams was born in Rocky Mount, N.C., to the late Eddie E. Williams Jr.
and Eula Garland Williams. Mr. Williams, graduate of Wofford College and the
Vanderbilt University School of Law, was a retired judge and conservationist.
Mr. Williams worked as an attorney at numerous area law firms and acted as
general counsel of United Glass Corporation. He served as the youngest
circuit-court judge in Tennessee. He dedicated himself to both political and
conservation projects. He was a member of the C.P.R. Institute for Dispute
Resolution, chair of the Tennessee Forestry Commission, the Board of Trustees
and the Executive Committee of the National Park Foundation, founder and vice
chair of the Partners of the Cherokee National Forest, founder and chair of
Open Spaces Conservancy, Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme
Court, volunteer of the Nature Conservancy, Conservation Fund and the Trust for
Public Land.
Survivors include two sons, Jackson H. Williams, Springfield, Mass., and James
B. Williams, West Lafayette, Ind.; two sisters, Beth Williams Dail, Swansboro,
N.C., and Ellen Williams Rak, Huntersville, N.C.; and two nieces, Carrie and
Meredith Dial, Swansboro.
The memorial service for Mr. Williams will be conducted Saturday, Oct. 30,
2004, at 1 p.m. in the East Chapel of the Appalachian Funeral Home, with Doug
Tweed officiating. Mr. Williams requested to be cremated and the family has
requested that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be given to the Partners of
Cherokee National Forest, P.O. Box 709, Newport, TN 37822. The family will
receive friends Friday from 5 until 7 p.m. from the East Chapel of the funeral
home. Condolences for the family may be made online at
www.appalachianfuneralhome.com. Appalachian Funeral Home & Cremation Services,
800 E Watauga Ave., Johnson City, TN, 37601; (423) 928-6111.
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