Leander Clarence Williams Jr. (1917 - 1984)

Born 21 Apr 1917 in Cary, Wake, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Virginia Jerlene (Lee) Williams — married 31 May 1944 in Sabine, Louisiana, United States

Died 5 Jul 1984 at age 67 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Leander was born in 1917 in Cary, North Carolina. He was the son of Leander Williams and Willie Stedman.

He enlisted in the US Army on 06 Feb 1942 and served during WWII.

He married Virginia Jerlene Lee in 1944 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. They had eight children together, five sons, and three daughters. For some reason, the marriage license is labeled as a North Carolina county certificate, but it was actually issued in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

He passed away in 1984 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Cary..

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJ6-R4S : Thu Aug 24 01:09:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Leander C Williams and Willie Williams, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37J-W5Y : Thu Sep 21 18:28:25 UTC 2023), Entry for Leanda Williams and Willie A Williams, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW7W-5YJ : Sun Sep 24 00:56:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Leander Williams and Willie Williams, 1940.
• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMC-M431 : Sat Jul 22 01:39:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Clearance Williams and Jerlene Williams, 10 April 1950.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8TP-4MH : 5 December 2014), Leander C Williams, enlisted 06 Feb 1942, Ft Bragg, North Carolina, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9L-NP6T : 9 March 2021), Leander C Williams and Virginia Jerlene Lee, 31 May 1944; citing Wake, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG46-K8B : 29 September 2022), Leander Clarence Williams, 1984.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1YY-C57 : 11 January 2021), Leander Williams, Jul 1984; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Leander C. Williams Obituary, The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina), Sat, Jul 7, 1984, Page 28, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-leander-c-william/132352057/
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32830784/leander-clarence-williams: accessed 24 September 2023), memorial page for Leander Clarence Williams (21 Apr 1917–5 Jul 1984), Find A Grave: Memorial #32830784, citing Hillcrest Cemetery, Cary, Wake County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Cindy Selensky Foster (contributor 47564886).