WILLIAMS, L.C.

WILLIAMS, CRIGER, ROWLAND

Posted By: Mary E Boyer (email)
Date: 5/8/2024 at 14:54:48

L.C. Williams Services to Be held Thursday
Funeral services for Lawrence C. Williams, 50, owner of the Henderson Drug Store, whose death occurred Monday after a brief illness, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Fairbanks Home for Funerals. The Rev. A.D. Steffenson, pastor of the First Methodist church, will be in charge. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery. The body is remaining at the funeral home.

Mr. Williams, who resided on rural route No. 4, was born in Illinois on May 8, 1903, the son of Charles and Nannie Williams. He came to Muscatine about 40 years ago and had been associated with the Henderson Drug store since 1926. He was in partnership with the late L.R. Henderson from 1946 until 1953 when he became owner of the store. He married Miss Rhea Criger on Nov. 20, 1929.

Mr. Williams was a member of the First Methodist Church, the Muscatine Rotary club, of Electa chapter No. 32, Order of the Eastern Star, of Rose Croix Shrine, White Shrine of Jerusalem, of El Bey Grotto, the Commandery ad the Order of Amaranth.

Surviving are his wife and mother, Mrs. Charles Williams, a brother Lester Wiliams of Long Beach, Calif., and a half-sister, Salley Rowland of Hannibal, Mo. His father preceded him in death.