Billy Franklin Williams

Billy Franklin Williams, 78, of Orlando, Fla., passed there on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024.  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., on Saturday, Dec. 21, at Shiloh M.B. Church, with interment in Bew Zion Cemetery, both in Greenville.  Billy was a 1967 graduate of Greenville Training School.  He was a talented basketball player.  He and his brother, Ben, followed in their father’s footsteps and became truck drivers.  For most of his career, Billy was a long-distance tractor-trailer operator, specializing in moving.  For more than 40 years, he drove for several companies, including Mayflower and Bekins Van Lines.  He was a loving, kind, compassionate and giving individual.  Left to mourn his passing are his sons: Gregory, Roderick (Jada) and Sharrod Williams (Leslie); sister, Peggy Williams; brother, Augustus Williams; one who was raised as a brother, Larry Clemons; stepchildren: Byron and Ronald Brown and Vonetta Brooks; six grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.  Billy’s parents, Eddie, Sr. and Mary Ford Williams, along with his brothers, Tommie, Eddie, Jr. and Benjamin Williams all preceded him in death.