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Obituary
Thomas "Lloyd" Williams, 96, of
McMechen, WV, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 11,
2022, at the Augusta, Georgia Veterans Nursing Home. Graveside services will
be conducted at 2:00 pm Friday, June 17, 2022 at Woodmere Memorial Park,
with Pastor Jim Shepherd officiating. Veterans Honor Guard Post 16 will
conduct Military Graveside Rites. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Thursday, June 16, 2022, at Chapman's Mortuary, Huntington, WV. He was born
March 6, 1926 in McMechen, WV a son of the late Thomas Williams and Claire
Elizabeth Luikart Neimann. Lloyd attended Union High School where he was the
Quarterback of the High School Football Team, however he never graduated as
he enlisted into the U.S. Navy in 1944 at the age of seventeen. He served as
a young Sailor and participated in the amphibious assaults during the Battle
of Okinawa and Battle of the Philippines. He also participated in the
surrender of Japanese forces from the Island of Chi, Chi, Jima. He was
selected to serve on the ex-Japanese Battleship Nagato, the last remaining
Japanese Battleship to survive WWII, where he and other American Sailors
sailed it to Bikini Atoll to drop anchor for participation in Operation
Crossroads. After the end of WWII, he used his G.I Bill to become a Marine
Engineer and worked many years for Union Barge Lines and Dravo Mechling on
the inland waterways of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. In 1967 he married
Sharon Beth Furbee Lewis. He leaves behind one son Thomas Raymond Williams
(Richmond Hill, GA) a daughter-in law, Tamara Lynn Williams, a beloved
grandson SPC Thomas Andrew Williams and wife Kristen Ariel Williams and
great grandson Thomas "Ezra" Williams (Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM), WA),
a beloved granddaughter Kierstin Aleksia Williams (Richmond Hill, GA). In
addition, he leaves behind five step children Fred Lewis (Kitts Hill, OH),
Jerry Lewis (Proctorville, OH), Bill Lewis (Lavalette, WV), Stephanie Lewis
(Barboursville, WV), and Patty Lewis (Wheeling, WV) and many other loved
ones.
My dad will be deeply missed by his family but we all know he is in a better
place and with his creator. You're the best dad! A.S.N.F.
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