Winford Craig Williams

Abt 1923 - 1947  (~ 24 years)

• Name	Winford Craig Williams
  Born	Abt 1923	Oklahoma
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Ventura, Ventura County, California   [1]
  Census	1940	Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California   [2]
  Died	22 Feb 1947  [3]
  Buried	Angeles Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery, Compton, Los Angeles County, California   [4]
  Person ID	I387617	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	Clay C. Williams,   b. 24 Feb 1901, Kentucky ,   d. 10 Mar 1970, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary Kathryn Austin,   b. 9 May 1901, Oklahoma ,   d. 16 Jul 1951, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F153261	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mary Rakas,   b. 4 Sep 1915, Cicero, Cook County, Illinois ,   d. 19 May 2005, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital  (Age 89 years)
  Children	1. David Craig Williams
  Family ID	F153260	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1923 - Oklahoma Census - 1930 - Ventura, Ventura County, California Census - 1940 - Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California Buried - - Angeles Abbey Memorial Park Cemetery, Compton, Los Angeles County, California  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Winford Williams Event Type: Census Event Year: 1930 Event Place: Ventura, Ventura, California, United States Gender: Male Age: 7 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Birth Year (Estimated): 1923 Birthplace: Oklahoma Father's Birthplace: Kentucky Mother's Birthplace: Oklahoma Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Clay C Williams Head M 29 Kentucky Kathryn Williams Wife F 29 Oklahoma Juanita Williams Daughter F 9 Oklahoma Winford Williams Son M 7 Oklahoma Bobbie Williams Son M 5 Oklahoma [S112] Census, 1940. Name: Winford C Williams Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Councilmanic District 5, Long Beach, Long Beach Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States Gender: Male Age: 17 Marital Status: Single Race (Original): White Race: White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Relationship to Head of Household: Son Birthplace: Oklahoma Birth Year (Estimated): 1923 Last Place of Residence: Same Place Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Clay C Williams Head M 38 Kentucky Mary K Williams Wife F 38 Oklahoma Juanita L Williams Daughter F 19 Oklahoma Winford C Williams Son M 17 Oklahoma Robert C Williams Son M 15 Oklahoma [S142] Newspaper Article, Long Beach Independent (CA), 25 Feb 1947. Son of L. B. Couple Dies in Crash A second tragedy in three months yesterday grieved Mr. and Mrs. Clay C. Williams of 1015 Pacific avenue, who received word that their son, Winford Craig Williams, 24, ARM 1/c coast guard, was killed in the crash of a mercy plane. Their only other son, Ens. Robert Clay Williams, 21, died in the Winecoff hotell fire last December in Atlanta where he had stopped while enroute home for Christmas. He had an outstanding war record as a navy flier. The coast guardsman was killed when the flying boat, returning from a 70 mile flight in Lower California waters to aid Gabe Leavitt, a San Diego fisherman stricken with pneumonia, crashed near Tijuana. Nine others including the fisherman, were killed. He had served five years in the coast guard and was in combat in the Pacific, Greenland, Alaska and the Aleutians, where he aided in landing the first marines. Besides his parents, the radioman is survived by the widow Mary, a son David Craig, 17 months old; and a sister Mrs. Juanita L. Verne. His mother suffered two paralytic strokes recently. Both of the sons were born in Oklahoma and were graduated from Poly high school. The family has resided here since 1930. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Mottell's mortuary and interment will be beside his brother in Angeles Abbey mausoleum. The father went to San Diego to have the youth's body removed to the city. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 22291768).