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Submitted: 2/18/22 • Approved: 2/23/22 • Last Updated: 2/26/22 • R1421384-G0-S3
SERGEANT MAJOR Arkansas National Guard
March 25, 1930 - July 23, 2019
Section: Lawn Crypt
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Jessie Franklin "Frank" Williams Jr., KB5TTX, 89, of Benton, passed away Tuesday, July 23. He was born March 25, 1930, in Lee County, Arkansas. His parents were the late Jessie Williams and Nora Cox Williams Bonds of Marianna.
He retired from the Arkansas Army National Guard with the rank of sergeant major. He served continuously from July 25, 1947, until March 25, 1990. Frank retired from the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department in September 1982. He was a charter member and a past president of the Statewide Association of Retired Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department Employees. He was a member of Chicot Road Baptist Church.
Frank is preceded in death by a daughter, Gayla Williams-Drown, of Benton; a great-granddaughter, Taylor Purvis; his parents; four brothers, J.L., L.C., John and Billy Joe; and two sisters, Marie Carrier and Louise Thompson.
Frank is survived by his wife of 65 years, Wanda Williams; two sons, Alan Williams (Brenda), of Little Rock, and Jeff Williams (Robyn), of Benton; three grandsons, Luke Williams (Melissa), of Bryant, Shane Purvis, of Haskell, and Matthew Williams (Kim), of Jacksonville; two granddaughters, Jennifer Harris (Keith), of Benton, and Courtney Williams, of Benton; three great-grandsons, Jackson Purvis, Alex Williams and Titus Williams; and many nieces and nephews, family members and friends who will miss him always.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 26, at Smith-Benton Funeral Home, located at 322 N. Market St. in Benton.
Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 27, at Smith-Benton Funeral Home, with burial following at Pinecrest Memorial Park.
Services are entrusted to Smith-Benton Funeral Home.
Contributed on 2/18/22 by ashaw444
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