Gary Williams

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== Biography ==

• Gary Williams was born in Prineville, Oregon on 24-June-1948 and lived in Prineville for the early years of his life then his parents moved the family to Culver, Oregon where Gary went to school and graduated from high school.

Parents:

• John Lawrence Williams [Williams-42143]
• Dorothy Dean (Payton) Williams [Payton-970]

Height: 5 ft. 11 in.

Education:

• Culver High School, Culver Oregon 1962-1966
• Central Washington State University - BA - Business Administration
• University of Phoenix - MBA (with honors)

Religion:

• Church of Christ

Marriage:

• Sandra (Sandi) Sue Powell - 12-June-1969 [Powell-8126]

Children:

• Wendy LeighAnn Williams [Williams-42173] - 27-Dec-1971
• Anthony David Williams [Williams-42165] - 29-Nov-1978
• Timothy Douglas Williams [Williams-42172] - 12-July-1981

Gary was born in Prinville, OR and lived there for the first four years of his life. His family then moved to Culver, OR where he lived until graduation from High School. After High School he attended Oregon College of Education at Monmouth, OR for three years. He married Sandi Powell in 1969 and together they moved to Ellensburg, WA where he graduated from Central Washington State in 1971. Gary later attended University of Phoenix graduate school and earned an MBA (with honors) focused on Technology Management.

During his professional career Gary worked for a variety of businesses both public and private. He worked in the aviation sector for several years in several businesses involved in aerial application, helicopter services and airline operations. He also worked in the forged pipe fittings industry for several years. In his 40s he began working in the public sector at the city, county, state and national levels. It was during this time that he began working with geographic information systems and became a geospatial systems engineer. The rest of his working career was as a geospatial systems engineer culminating in working with the military for many years.

During Gary's working career the family lived in a number of places. These places included Oregon, Alaska, Texas and North Carolina. While working with the military Gary and Sandi also lived in England for some time.

In 2015 Gary and Sandi began preparations for full retirement and sold our home in TX and purchased a home in Hot Springs Village, AR. We were attracted to the area because of our love for mountains, trees, and beautiful scenery.

Gary was baptized into the Lord's church (church of Christ) during his teen years and was a faithful and dedicated member throughout his life. He also served in various capabilities including deacon and elder. He regularly teaches Bible classes and fills in preaching on an as needed basis.

== Sources ==

• First-hand information. Entered by Gary Williams at registration.

• Birth Certificate of Gary Lee Williams, State File No. 15402, Standard Certificate of Live Birth, State of Oregon - State of Oregon Board of Health.

== DNA Results ==

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Byron Williams GEDmatch YP6046916 and his first cousin once removed Gary Williams GEDmatch T698835. Their most-recent common ancestors are Clisby Birchel Williams [Williams-42178] and Mary Elizabeth (Trent) Williams [Trent-696], the great grandparents of Byron Williams and grandparents of Gary Williams.Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 2.5, based on sharing 435.4 cM across 24 half-match segments.

• Paternal relationships is confirmed by a GEDmatch test match between Gary Williams GEDmatch T698835 and Luther Bowman GEDmatch A771417. Their most-recent common ancestors are Isaac Barzellia Williams and Eliza Jane (Brock) Williams, the great grandparents of Gary Williams and the second great grand parents of Luther Bowman.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA test results. Gary Williams GEDmatch T698835, and his cousin, Rowdy Williams, FTDNA kit # 254880, match at a Genetic Distance of 1 on 111 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is William Williams, the 3x great grandfather of Gary Williams and the 4x great grandfather of Rowdy Williams. Gary is the son of John Williams who is the 2x great grandson of the common ancestor William Williams.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed through DNA test results through Gary Williams FTDNA kit #851747 , and his first cousin 2X removed, Lee Rollen Vermillion, sharing 174 cM with longest block of 35 cM, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most recent common ancestor James Clark Vermillion and his wife Servillia Ann Adams, the 2x great grandmother and grandfather of Gary Williams and the great grandmother and grandfather of Lee Rollen Vermillion. Gary is the son of Dorothy Dean (Payton) Williams who is the daughter of Howard Clifton Payton who is the son of Emma Alice (Vermillion) Payton who is the daughter of the common ancestor James Clark Vermillion and aunt of Lee Rollen Vermillion.

== Acknowledgements ==

My aunt Dorene Williams Ashcraft has been our Williams family historian for most of my life. She worked diligently in researching our family information and history. From her I became interested in our family history and became involved in tracing our family genealogy. My main focus has been finding out where we came from and why our family has migrated as we have.

== Digital Afterlife ==

Recognizing that we are all mortal, I hereby request that upon my death, all of my managed profiles of deceased persons including my own profile should be set to full open status. (Please add my year of death.) I would then welcome any relative to become profile manager and continue this labor of love which was started so many decades ago.