PETE WILLIAMS:
RAISED THE FIRST TOBACCO CROP IN HANCOCK , CO.
HIS MOTHER LIVED WITH HIM UNTIL HER DEATH IN 1936. THE DAY BEFORE SHE DIED HE SENT FOR HIS SISTERS MARTHA AND DOSHA TO COME TO HER BEDSIDE BUT THEY SAID THEY HAD OTHER THINGS TO DO.HE SENT HIS DAUGHTER, JULIE TO GETA NEIGHBOR TO MAKE HER DRESS . HE BOUGHT BLACK VELVET AND LACE FOR THE DRESS. HE MADE HIS MOTHERS CASKET. THE NEXT MORNING HE PUT HER BODY IN THE WAGON TO TAKE TO THE GRAVESITE. HIS SISTERS DROVE UP IN THIER CAR. PETE TOLD THEM"I SENT FOR YOU YESTERDAY , IT'S TO LATE NOW QUIT YOUR CATTERWALLIN AND GO ON BACK HOME YOU ARE NOT NEEDED NOW.
GRANDPA PETE LIVED TO REACH 96 YYEARS OF AGE.