Ulysses “Sonny” Williams

Published 5:00 am Thursday, August 12, 2004

Graveside services for Ulysses “Sonny” Williams of Detroit,Mich., formerly of Union Church, are 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 14, atMt. Carmel Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from noon until 5 p.m. at WilliamsMortuary.

He was a graduate of the Mississippi School for the Deaf.

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Mr. Williams, 63, died Aug. 6, 2004, in Detroit. He was born inLincoln County on Dec. 27, 1940, to L.J. Williams and Queen EstherBanks of Detroit.

Preceding him in death were his father; and a sister, Jo MarieJones.

Survivors are his sisters, Carol Dianne Banks of Detroit, SherryBrewer of Orlando, Fla., and Cathy Williams of Detroit; hisbrothers, James Williams of Brookhaven, Dewitt Williams of UnionChurch, Bobby Williams of Little Rock, Ark., Joseph Banks Jr., ofDetroit, and Robert Williams of Brookhaven.