Ninth Generation

3905. John Bell Williams^84,2029 was born on 4 Dec 1918 in Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi.⁸⁴ He died on 25 Mar 1983 in Branson, Mississippi. He was buried in 1983 in Raymond Cemetery, Raymond, Hinds County, Mississippi.⁶⁵ He was an attorney, a U.S. Congressman, and the 55th Governor of the State of Mississippi. He served in the military in the in USAF pilot during WW2.

Medical: Lost lower part of left arm in an airplane crash during World War II.

From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bell_Williams):

John Bell Williams (December 4, 1918 - March 25, 1983) was a Mississippi politican. He graduated from Ole Miss in 1938 and graduated Jackson Law School in 1940. In November 1941, he enlisted with the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as pilot during World War II; however, he retired from active service after lossing the lower part of his left arm after a bomber crash in 1944. Williams was a Democratic U.S. Representative from 1947 until his resignation in January 1968 to become Mississippi governor (1968-1972).


From Political Graveyard (http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html):

Williams, John Bell (1918-1983) of Raymond, Hinds County, Miss. Born in Raymond, Hinds County, Miss., December 4, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Representative from Mississippi, 1947-68 (7th District 1947-53, 4th District 1953-63, 3rd District 1963-68); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1948, 1960; Governor of Mississippi, 1968-72. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Lost his lower left arm in a bomber crash during World War II. Died in Brandon, Rankin County, Miss., March 25, 1983. Interment at Raymond Cemetery, Raymond, Miss. See also: congressional biography.


From Congressional Biography (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000517)
WILLIAMS, John Bell, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Raymond, Hinds County, Miss., December 4, 1918; attended the public schools; was graduated from Hinds Junior College, Raymond, Miss., in 1936, from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1938, and from Jackson (Miss.) School of Law in 1940; was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced practice in Raymond, Miss.; enlisted as an aviation cadet in the United States Army, November 5, 1941; was commissioned as a pilot July 3, 1942; retired from active service because of injuries received in the line of duty on April 29, 1944; prosecuting attorney of Hinds County, Miss., from May 20, 1944, to October 1, 1946; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the ten succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1947, to January 16, 1968, when he resigned; having been elected Governor of Mississippi for the four-year term commencing on that date; practiced law in Jackson, Miss., until he retired January 1, 1981; resident of Brandon, Miss., until his death there March 25, 1983; interment in Raymond Cemetery, Raymond, Miss.

From Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 (via ancestry.com)
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WILLIAMS, John Bell, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Raymond, Hinds County, Miss., December 4, 1918; attended the public schools; was graduated from Hinds Junior College, Raymond, Miss., in 1936, from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1938, and from Jackson (Miss.) School of Law in 1940; was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced practice in Raymond, Miss.; during World War II enlisted as an aviation cadet in the United States Army, November 5, 1941; was commissioned as a pilot July 3, 1942; only surviving member of a five-man crew involved in an airplane accident in South America in March 1943; retired from active duty at Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta, Ga., on April 29, 1944; prosecuting attorney of Hinds County, Miss., from May 20, 1944, to October 1, 1946; elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949). Reelected to the Eighty-first Congress.

John Bell Williams and Elizabeth Ann (Betty) Wells had the following children:

6043	i.	John Bell Williams Jr.
6044	ii.	Kelly Williams.