REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF GEORGE F. WILLIAMS

SUNRISE:  SEPTEMBER 24, 1934
SUNSET:    SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

GEORGE WAS BORN IN FREEPORT, IL TO SAMUEL AND MARGARET WILLIAMS.
GEORGE’S PARENTS; TO INCLUDE HIS SISTER LOLITA AND BROTHER RAYMOND, PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.  GEORGE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHER GENE WILLIAMS.
GEORGE COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL IN 1953 AND ENLISTED IN THE U.S. FORCE ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 1954.  GEORGE WAS FIRST ASSIGNED AS A EGRESS SYSTEMS SPECIALIST AND BECAUSE OF HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, MAKING CERTAIN THAT THE PILOTS FLYING THE PLANES, COULD SAFELY EJECT IN AN EMERGENCY; GEORGE WAS QUICKLY ADVANCED TO SYSEMS TECHNICIAN.
GEORGE WAS DEPLOYED TO VARIOUS MILIARY INSTALLATIONS AROUND THE WORLD TO INCLUDE VIETNAM, THAILAND, JAPAN, AND KOREA.  HIS LAST ASSIGNMENT WAS TO MATHER AIR FORCE BASE IN SACRAMENTO AS THE EGRESS SYSTEMS SUPERINTENDENT.  GEORGE WAS PROMOTED TO THE HIGHEST ENLISTED RANK ACHIEVABLE; E-9 OR CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT.  HE ALSO RECEIVED THE AIR FORCE COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR HIS EXEMPLARY AND MERITORIUS SERVICE.  
IT WAS HERE IN SACRAMENTO WHERE GEORGE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, BETTY JEAN (WRIGHT) IN 1983.  THEY WERE MARRIED SEPTEMBER 3, 1988.
GEORGE WAS AN ASTUTE PINOCLE AND DOMINOES PLAYER AND HELD WEEKLY GAMES AT HIS HOME WITH HIS BUDDIES.  BETTY ALWAYS PREPARED HOR’DEURVES.  
GEORGE RETIRED FROM ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE IN FEBRUARY 1984 AND THE AIR FORCE RESERVE IN FEBRUARY 1990.
GEORGE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY, HIS BROTHER GENE AND A HOST OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS.