Johnny Melvin Williams Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Rev. Johnny M Williams, 80 of Rector, Arkansas passed away on September 10, 2019. He was born on July 24, 1939 to the late Arley and Ona (Smith) Williams. Johnny married Kathryn Williams on May 2, 1992 in Canton Mississippi. He served in the Arkansas National Guard and United States Army Reserve and also served in the US Army active duty in Little Rock, Arkansas during the Integration of the Central High School. He graduated from Rector High School and then went on to get a degree in Pastoral Ministry in New Orleans at the Baptist Seminary, the Belmont Evening Adult School and LA Metropolitan College. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Rector and had served as the Sunday School Superintendent. During his life he also served as the Vice President of the Cherokee Village Lions Club, President of Hardy and Highland Merchants Associations, Member of the Clay County Arts Council, the Rector Chamber of Commerce and Director of the Rector Community Museum, former Pastor of Montgomery Baptist Church in Brookhaven, Mississippi and East McComb Baptist Church in McComb, Mississippi and was Interim Pastor of several other churches in Mississippi. He also was a Stained-Glass Artist, funeral director at Tri-County Funeral Home in Highland, Arkansas, former owner of Palmer House Gift Shop and Oakwood Bed and Breakfast in Hardy and he was retired from Levi Strauss and Company as a Computer Specialist in Canton, Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brother: James Leaun “Slug” Williams, a sister: Margarette Belote and his wife: Kathryn “Katie (McPherson) Williams. He is survived by a brother: Donald Eugene and Edna Faye Williams of Kennett, Missouri his sisters: Dortha Webb of Rector and Earline Ward of Cherokee Village, Arkansas, several nieces, nephews and many other friends. Memorial services will be held on Saturday September 28, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. at the Rector First Baptist Church.

Johnny Melvin Williams

July 24, 1939 - September 10, 2019