James Clark Williams

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 10:00 AM in Holy Face Catholic Church, Great Mills, MD with Fr. Joseph Sileo officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the funeral home where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. James Clark Williams, Sr. 89, of Callaway died March 14, 2008, at St. Mary's Hospital. Born April 7, 1918, in Mechanicsville, he was the son of the late John Chun and Ada Mae Drury Williams. He was the loving husband of Ellen Dora (Bean) Williams who preceded him in death on February 10, 2003. They were married on April 26, 1943 at Holy Face Church in Great Mills, MD. He is survived by his fourteen children; Elizabeth Norris and her husband Chally of Leonardtown, Jimmy Williams and his wife Tina of California, Ellen Ball and her late husband Charles of Leonardtown, Janice Hammett and her husband Wayne of Great Mills, Gary Williams and his wife Cathy of Hollywood, Johnny Williams and his wife Jenny of California, Susan Redmond and her husband Johnny of Leonardtown, (Twins) Joe Williams and his wife Rebecca of Leonardtown, and Mary Garner and her husband Boots of Hollywood, (Twins) Jack Williams and his wife June of Leonardtown, and Jackie Mays and her husband Mike of Callaway, Patricia Howes and her husband Randy of Edgewater, Ronnie Williams and his wife Kathy of Leonardtown, and Karen Bailey and her husband John of Clements; as well as 29 grandchildren; Wally, Joey, Brenda, Jim, Andy, Vicki, Wayne, Kim, Brian, Melissa, Gary Jr., J.F., Jennifer, Tony, Veronica, Valerie, Steve, Chris, Michelle, Darrell, Jessica, Justin, Julie, Amanda, David, Matthew, Maria, Robert and Brittani; and 21 great-grandchildren; Jake, Madison, Mariah, Eric, Taylor, Shoneta, Charlotte, Ashley, Madeline, Olivia, Blake, Sabrina, Tyler, Kendall, Jackson, Lilly, Casey, Cory, Kaleb, Cadence, Payton. He is also survived by his sister Mary Dyson of Leonardtown, MD, and one brother Jack Williams of Brookville, MD. He was preceded in death by his parents, his beloved wife Ella, his infant daughter, his granddaughter Samantha Bailey, his son-in-law Charles Ball, and three brothers, Stanley Williams, Thomas Williams and Guy Williams. Mr. Williams was a lifelong farmer and loved working the land with his tractors. He supplemented his farm income with the following jobs: He worked for Bell Motor Company, Inc. where he transported farm equipment from factories all over the country to Bell Motor Company for them to be sold; he worked at McKay’s Implement on farm equipment; he drove a cement mixer and dump trucks for Charles County Concrete; he delivered the Washington Star Newspaper in St. Mary’s County; he drove school buses for St. Mary’s County public and parochial schools; and he was a landfill attendant for St. Mary’s County Government. He enjoyed gardening; loved bluegrass music; playing cards, especially pitch and poker; watching NASCAR races hoping for a Dale Sr. or Dale Jr. win; he enjoyed watching baseball; watching his family play softball; going fishing and hunting, especially foxhunting; and in his later years caring for his beloved cat “Rabbit”. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be said at 7:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at Holy Face Catholic Church in Great Mills, MD with Fr. Joseph Sileo officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be his six sons; James C. Williams, Jr., Gary B. Williams, Sr., John F. Williams Sr., Joseph S. Williams, Sr., Jack E. Williams and Ronald P. Williams. Honorary pallbearers will be his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Contributions may be made to the Second District Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1, Valley Lee, MD 20692.