Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameGratho WILLIAMS 25
Birth Date24 Jul 1921
Birth PlacePike County, Kentucky
Death Date27 May 2012 Age: 90
Death PlacePikeville, Pike County, Kentucky
Burial PlacePikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, Annie E. Young Cemetery
FatherNapoleon Bonaparte WILLIAMS (1885-1963)
MotherElen BEVINS (1886-1943)
Notes for Gratho WILLIAMS
Born in Pike Co., Gratho was the son of the late Ellen and Napolean Boney Parker Williams. He was a member of the Pikeville Freewill Baptist Church and a lineman for the Kentucky Power Company. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by three brothers: Earnest Williams, Raymond Williams, and Clyde Williams and one sister, Claudia Williams.

Survivors include: One son: Gratho (Jeanette) Williams.Jr of Pikeville

One daughter: Thelma Holland of Pikeville

Three grandchildren: Cynthia Ray, Tiffany Holland, Brian Williams

Six great grandchildren: Brad Allen Mischke II, Katherine Alexis Carr, Isabella Nicole Mischke, Gypsy Pearl Ray, Hope Renea Olausen, and Lindsay Nicole Brownell

Three great great grandchildren: Halen James Olavsen, Oliva Paige Olavsen, and Ariel Juliet Brownell

Visitation:
At J. W. Call Funeral Home after 6:00 PM Monday

Funeral:
12:00 Noon, Wednesday at J. W. Call Chapel with Jim Patton, Morgan Chapman, and Don Lee

Interment:
Annie E. Young Cemetery

On Find A Grave.

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