Obituary of Marion L. Williams

COLUMBIA – Services for Marion L. Williams, 82, will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff with burial to follow in Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia.  The Rev. David Robinson will officiate.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital or the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.

    Mr. Williams passed away on Wednesday, August 25, 2021.  Born in Camden, he was the son of the late Leroy and Ila Mae Boone Williams. He enjoyed rebuilding El Caminos and Mustangs, playing the guitar and making other’s laugh.

     Surviving are his wife, Deborah Windham Williams; children, Lee Williams Jr. of Jefferson, S.C., Marsha Lyn Parsons of Nebraska, Lisa Gainey of Elgin, S.C., Lance Williams of Columbia S.C., Tonya Tellepsen of Houston TX, Melissa Williams of Houston TX, Anthony Eugene Williams of Greensboro, N.C.; siblings, Carl E. Williams (Connie), Dottie Anderson, Brenda Ray (Tommy), Claudine Armentrout, Shirley Thornburg (Eddie), Johnny L. Williams and Dwight Williams; 14 grandchildren; and 5 great-grandchildren.

            He was predeceased by his mother and father, Ila Mae Boone Williams and Leroy Williams; and brothers, David Williams and Thomas Williams.