516 i.
June Williams (Private).
517 ii.
Earl Williams Jr (Private).
518 iii.
Leo Williams (Private).
519 iv.
Monroe H. Williams(1) was born
in 1960 in Battlecreek Mi.(2) He died
in 1968 in Battlecreek Mi.(2) He was
buried in 1968 in Campground Cem, Fentress Co, Tn.
(2) [Fitz.ged]
MONROE H. WILLIAMS WAS THE SON OF EDNA WILSON WILLIAMS AND EARL WILLI AMS.
MONROE H. WILLIAMS WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS BROTHERM LEO, WHEN HE W AS 8 YEARS
OLD. THE BOYS HAD GONE INTO THE NEIGHBORS TOWNHOUSE AND REMOVED A HA ND GUN.
THEY TOOK IT TO THEIR BEDROOM AND WAS PLAYING WITH IT. MONROE WAS LA YING ON
THE TOP BUNK, AND LEO SHOT UP THROUGH THE MATTRESS HITTING HIM IN TH E BACK.
MONROE STAGGERED TO THE STAIRS CALLING TO HIS MOTHER, HIS FOOT STUC K IN A HOLE
IN THE STAIRS AND HE WAS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN WHEN HIS MOTHER GOT TO H IM. HE
WAS GURGLING IN HIS OWN BLOOD. AT FIRST IT DIDN'T LOOK REAL SERIOU S BECAUSE
THERE WAS ONLY A SMALL HOLE IN HIS CHEST, BUT WHEN HIS MOTHER PICKE D HIM UP
THERE WAS A LARGE GAPING HOLE THROUGH HIS BACK. MONROE DIED BEFORE AN
AMBULANCE COULD BE CALLED FOR HELP.
MONROE'S FATHER, EARL WILLIAMS WAS IN PRISON AT THE TIME OF HIS SON' S DEATH FOR
RAPING HIS STEP DAUGHTER, JUNE WILLIAMS (HE SAYS HE DIDN'T DO IT). T HE
PRISON GUARDS ESCORTED HIM TO THE FUNERAL HOME TO ATTEND HIS SON'S SE RVICE.
AFTER THE SERVICE, EDNA'S SISTERS IN TENNESSEE PAID TO HAVE THE BOD Y BROUGHT TO
TENNESSEE FOR BURIAL.
MONROE IS BURIED AT THE CAMPGROUND CEMETERY WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS, AU NTS AND
UNCLES.
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