Jackson Bankhead Williams Jr.

Funeral: 10 a.m. Monday at St. Vincent Cathedral in Bedford. Interment will follow at 2:15 p.m. in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Shannon Rufe Snow Funeral Chapel, Fort Worth.

Memorial: Donations may be made to St. Vincent's Memorial Fund.

Jack Williams was born in Spokane, Wash., on May 29, 1925, to Jackson Bankhead Williams Sr. and Louria Boon Williams.

Jack served as a Seabee in the U.S. Navy during World War II, graduated with a BA and MS from San Diego State University, and then served 24 years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, retiring in 1972 at the rank of lieutenant colonel. Jack and family then settled in Bedford,where he worked for many years for the United Way and Senior Citizens Center of Tarrant County.

Throughout his life, Jack remained faithful to God, his family and his country.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and daughter, Jody Thurmon.

Survivors: His wife of 60 years, Marjorie "Marnie" Williams; children, Ann Cole and husband, Bruce, of San Diego, Calif., Jack B. Williams III and wife, Rita, of Granite Bay, Calif., Louria Batson and husband, John, of Yreka, Calif., David M. Williams and wife, De An, of Pataskala, Ohio, Susan M. Williams LeMay and husband, Dan, of Tulsa, Okla., and William B. Williams and wife, Susan, of Coppell; sister, Ann Wilkins and husband, James; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many other extended family.