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Leland Eugene WilliamsAge: 81 years19292011

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Leland Eugene Williams
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Leland Eugene
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Williams
Birth August 12, 1929 41 36
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The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 days)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a motherAnnie Mae Linn
April 20, 1953 (Age 23 years)

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Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 20 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a fatherPace W Williams Sr.
April 8, 1968 (Age 38 years)

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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death January 16, 2011 (Age 81 years)
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Leland Eugene Williams
Birth: August 12, 1929 41 36Lynch, Harlan, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 16, 2011Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
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Leland Eugene Williams
Birth: August 12, 1929 41 36Lynch, Harlan, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 16, 2011Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
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Doris Marie Ritchie
Birth: May 8, 1930Nebraska, United States
Death: June 23, 2020Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States
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Birth: August 12, 1929 41 36Lynch, Harlan, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 16, 2011Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States
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In Memory of Leland E. Williams, age 81 a resident of Montgomery since 1966 passed away Sunday, January 16, 2011. He was born in Lynch, Kentucky on August 12, 1929. Mr. Williams served in the Air Force. He Spent 32 years barbering at Birmingham and Maxell AFB, after his retirement he was in Supervision for D.S.I. Security. He was a long time member of Eastern Hills Baptist Church and the Hurley Class. He has been an Auburn fan since 1937, War Eagle. Mr. Williams is preceded in death by his mother, Annie Mae Williams, his father Pace Will Williams, Sr. and a son John Peter Burns. He is survived by his wife, Madeline Williams; son, Leland Eugene Williams, II. and wife, Alisa; daughter, Vicki Lynn Wright and husband, Ray; daughter, Michelle Lynn Goins; three grand children, Heather Lynn Burton, Douglas Wright, Shawn Shemweel and six great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be held at Leak Memory Chapel on thursday, January 20, at 10:30 a.m. with Dr. Rick Marshall officiating, the family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at 3:00p.m. in Lynn/Crossing Cemetery in Graysville, Alabama. Pallbearers and Honorary Pallbearers will be the men from the Hurley Class and Men's Prayer Breakfast group. Leak Memory Chapel Directing. Published in the Montgomery Advertiser January 19, 2011