Milton Williams' Obituary
Milton Williams was born in New York City on May 6, 1916 to Maude Williams and Thomas Williams. He grew up in Bridgeton, NJ and graduated from Bridgeton High School in 1935. As a young lad he spent many summers of fun in Oak Bluffs, MA where he learned to swim and dive in the Atlantic Ocean.After graduating from high school, Milton moved to Boston where he met and married the lovely Corine Edna Blockson. The couple was blessed with three healthy children, Marcia Williams Ridley and Valimore Willimas of Massachusetts and their youngest child, Donaldson Williams of Long Beach, CA. He leaves a rich legacy to his seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. In 1970 he married Edna Stevenson Samuels and acquired two step children, David Samuels and daughter Janice SamuelsJohnson, four step grandchildren and one step great grandchild. He started working at American Airlines as a skycap and later transferred to Trans World Airlines (TWA). At this airline one of the managers was impressed with his honesty, integrity and good work habits and insisted on him going to their facility in Kansas City, to become on the there ticket agents. He worked in the position for 24 years until he retired in 1981. Milton was the first African American to work for the airlines in this position. After he retired he became interested in making modelairplanes. He built his one and only and spent many enjoyable hours flying it. He also enjoyed making ships in the bottle using small and intricate instruments to get it just right. He had many passions including bowling, golfing and fishing but his greatest was love of animals, especially dogs. His last two were named Champ and Rocky. A few years before his death he lost his eyesight. This condition was very frustrating to him at first but with patience he learned to take care of himself. Unfortunately, in the past few years his health continued to deteriorate rapidly and he surcomed on September 16, 2011. He will be fondly remembered because of his love of family and his love of animals.
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