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- Photo: I think this was taken in Pomona, CA while Delmar was in charge of Victorville, Cal Air Force Base, after his tour of duty with 8th Air Corp over Germany, WW II. This photo is with Trula.
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Name: Delmar F. Williams -
Gender: Male
Death Age: 87
Birth Date: abt 1919
Residence Place: Land O ' Lakes, FL
Death Date: 13 Oct 2006
Burial Date: 2 Nov
Obituary Date: 29 Oct 2006
Obituary Place: St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Newspaper Title: Tampa Bay Times
Spouse: Trula Wilson Williams
Child:
Stanley P. Williams
Julia Valentine Williams
Nancylynn Lockman
David Lockman
Siblings:
Mabel Cureton
Melba Edwards
Jack Williams
Delmar Forrest Williams
BIRTH 9 Apr 1919
Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
DEATH 13 Oct 2006 (aged 87)
Land O' Lakes, Pasco County, Florida, USA
BURIAL
Lutz Cemetery
Lutz, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
MEMORIAL ID 16377646
Delmar F. Williams, 87, of Land O' Lakes, Fla., passed away the afternoon of Friday, October 13, 2006, at home. He was married to the late Trula Wilson Williams for 60 years. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Stanley P. and Julia Valentine Williams of Tampa; daughter and son-in-law, Nancylynn and David Lockman of Kernersville, N.C.; and two granddaughters. Also surviving are sisters, Mabel Cureton of Cosby, Tenn., and Melba Edwards, and brother, Jack Williams. A native of Cosby, Tenn., Delmar was a longtime citrus farmer, having purchased his first citrus grove in California in 1941. He lived in Land O' Lakes since 1961 and was an active Pasco County resident. He served on several corporate boards and belonged to numerous organizations, among them Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce, Land O' Lakes Chamber of Commerce, the D.P. Club of San Antonio, Central Pasco Action Committee, Florida Power Business Advisory Panel, Florida Citrus Mutual, Winter Haven Co-op, Florida Mutual Citrus Board and financial board of Myrtle Lake Baptist Church. He served on the Pasco County Farm Bureau Board for 14 years and he was also a founding stockholder in Heritage Bank. Delmar established Wilco Oil Co. in Virginia. He was the marketing vice president for Conoco Deutschland, director of retail marketing, United Kingdom, and managing director of Conoco Ireland. Delmar served as a member of the Civil Conservation Corps and fought in World War II in the U.S. Army Air Corps as lead navigator, 8th Air Force, Flying Fortress Group under Colonel Preston. He was promoted to major at age 24, survived 28 combat missions, received several medals for valor and is credited with having shot down three fighters in one day, as a navigator. A funeral service will take place Thursday, November 2 followed by interment at Lutz Cemetery.
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1919 - 2006 (87 years)
