FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1951
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inns. niLLi/tiiia anu HIK auaiiki.Mi sons, GKAJNubAUGHTi.It-—No tnoiner ever had more admiring or more anectionate children
and grandchildren than Mrs. Williams. She’s shown here with her two sons. Captain I. R. Williams of Dunn, standing directly behind
her and Virginus Williams of Washington, D. C. Standing beside her father is Miss Lenoir Williams of Faisen, who teaches school at White
ville. ’ ’
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\2Bt + ' V®,. “HE PI TME BACK TOGETHER"—That's the wav Mrs. Williams
•“' JJ *' Tl '' v: * is: '' referred to Dr. George L. Carrington when she greeted him. Critically
"MR. RAY'’ SIGNS THE GUEST BOOK—One of the oldest guests injured In an automobile accident 14 yeas ago, it was Dr. Carring
who called, hut also one of the youngest in spirit, was Raymond L. ton’s lot t« attend Mrs. Williams.: Members of the family, friends
Cromartie, Sr, of Dunn. He was 79 on Easter Sunday. He is .shown and other doctors gave up hope, but Dr. Carrington pulled her
here signing tie guest register as Jim ©river, another Dunn resi- through. .Thev’ve been good friends since,
dent, awaits b!s turn. '
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enough other political notables to state a state convention, former u. "• aenaior wiiiiam is. (diiii tinstcaa or uuraam, wnom some people
nre already <*dißww M GoTernor > ’ m S *jk» center of Attention In tM« group. Left to rifht an: Joe McCttllers of Dunn* Judge ClAWson Will
iams of Sanford, Judge Franklin T. DuPree, Sr. of Angler: E. L. Gavin of Sanford, Republican candidate for U.& Senate in last summer’s
THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN, N. C.
Hundreds Pay
Tribute To
Noted Artist
O n last Sunday after
noon, a steady stream of
cars rolled into the big grove
surrounding the beautiful
97-year-old ancestral home
of Mrs. Marshall McDiarmid
Williams of Faison. They
started coming at 3 and they
came until after dark.
. More than 500 friends
came to say “Happy Birth
day” to Mrs. Williams, one
of North Carolina’s most dis
tinguished women, noted
artist and mother of Captain
I. R. Williams, prominent
Dunn attorney an d civic
leader.
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Mrs. Williams was cele
brating her 85th birthday.
Actually, as friends put it,
she was the “youngest” per
son in the crowd. She doesn’t
appear to be even three score
and ten in age, to say no
thing of the other 15 years.
She still leads a busv life,
spends hours each day at the
easel, writes newsy, interes
ting letters to her friends,
and takes time out to keep
up her civic, social and re
ligious work.
Mrs. Williams is the for
mer Mary Lyde Hicks and
was born in Faison. Her an
" cestry runs through prom-
I inent families back to col
onial times. She’s a real
“blue blood.” *
Many Notables Present
The guest list looked like
a “Who’s Who”' in North
Carolina. They cajne—Sup
erior Court judges, Supreme
Ll Court Judges, former S,up-
I erior Court Judges, mayors,
city officials, legislators, a
former United States Sena
tor and Congressman and
other notables too numerous
to mention.
But none came because of
• who thev were or their pos
ition. They came because
thev were old friends of Mrs.
Williams and her family..
They came to pay tribute to
this “young’* woman on a
i birthday that she won’t soon
| forget.
And evenr person who
came took time out to in
snect an'd admire the
tlful nortraits and other
paintings which hang in
every room of the house. Ev
ery one is a tribute to her
artistry.
It was also a great dav for
her two sons. Captain I. R.
Williams of Dunn, and Vir
ginius Williams of Wash
i ington. D. C. and her grand :
daughter, Miss Lenoir Wil
liams of Dunn and White
ville. The Dunn attorney and #
his daughter handled most'
of the arrangements.
The Daily Record photo
grapher, John Lewis of Lew
is Studio, was on hand to
record scenes of the momen
tous occasion. Some of them
are pictured here.
Onfe Hurt In
Auto Wreck
An Eriwn soldier was slightly
injured Thursday night when a,
car driven by another Erwin G. I.'
wept out of control and overturned
three miles east of Dunn.
Joseph Vann, 30, of Erwin was
treated at Dunn Hospital,for lace
rations and bruises of the left arm.
Three other occupants of the car,
including the driver, 18-year-old
Franklin D. Turnage of Erwin,
were not injured.
The other, passengers were
Jennings Holcome of Headquarters
Company, 82nd Airborne Division,
Fort Bragg and Thomas Johnson,
also of Fort Bragg.
No charges were preferred against
young Turnage, who is also at
tached to the division’s headquarters
company.
According to. Patrolman Da’-'.d
Mathews, who Investigated the
accident, Turnage was driving to
ward Dunn in the rain around
10:46 p. m. Thursday when he lost
control of his 1940 Ford. Turnage
estimated his meed at the time
i estimated at fsoo.
THE OBJECT OF AFFECTION — Mrs. Williams, looking as pretty as a young bride, received showers
of congratulations, praise and compliments on hrr birthday. Shown here extending their best wishes
are: Superior Court Judge Clawson L. Williams of Sanford, and Former U. S. Senator W. B. (Jmstead of
Durham. They’re old friends of the family and among Captain Body Williams' closest friends.
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Supreme Court Justice Jeff D. Johnson right, of Clinton, are shown here as they.chatted with Ntrs.
Williams. Nathan Johnson is a man who has made a tremendous success in busines and Jeff Johnton
is a man who has made a success in politics. Mrs. Johnson is a lady who ranks high among the ciyitK*
social and religious leaders of the State.
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