Henry George Williams

1931 - 1987  (56 years)

• Name	Henry George Williams
  Nickname	Hank
  Born	26 Mar 1931	Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Dec 1987	Horton, Brown County, Kansas
  Buried	11 Dec 1987	Wezo Cemetery, Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas
  Person ID	I7032	Rossville
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	George Henry Williams
  Mother	Helen Cynthia Claybear Oliver Williams
  Family ID	F5480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Willie Joe Williams   2. Gwendolyn Williams
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2018 21:49:07
  Family ID	F7713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 26 Mar 1931 - Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas Buried - 11 Dec 1987 - Wezo Cemetery, Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Williams, Henry 1 Williams Henry George "Hank” Williams, 56, Horton, was shot to death Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1987, at a mobile home in Horton. The shooting is being investigated by authorities. Mr. Williams was a heavy equipment operator for Mission Township in Brown County. He formerly worked for Horton Hospital Ambulances. He was born March 26, 1931, at Mayetta, the son of George and Helen Oliver Williams. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was active in the Little League program in Horton. Survivors include a son, Willie Joe Williams, Lawrence; a daughter, Gwendolyn Williams, Fresno, Calif.; and six sisters, Cynthia Switch, Hamlin, Donis Keo, Topeka, Thamar Morris, Tijunga, Calif., Donna Wahquahboshkuk, Mayetta, and Helen Wilson and Sharon Pilcher, both of Delia. Indian drum services were at 5 p.m. Friday at the old Kickapoo Community Building on the Kickapoo Reservation west of Horton. Burial was in the Wezo Cemetery near Mayetta. Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton is in charge of arrangements. Henry G. “Hank” Williams HORTON — Henry George "Hank" Williams, 56, Horton, was shot to death Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1987, at a mobile home here. The shooting is being investigated by authorities. Mr. Williams was a heavy equipment operator for Mission Township in Brown County. He formerly worked for Horton Hospital Ambulances. He was born March 26, 1931, at Mayetta, the son of George and Helen Oliver Williams. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was active in the Little League program in Horton. Survivors include a son, Willie Joe Williams, Lawrence; a daughter, Gwendolyn Williams, Fresno, Calif.; arid six sisters, Cynthia Switch, Hamlin, Donis Keo, Topeka, Thamar Morris, Tijunga, Calif., Donna Wahquahboshkuk, Mayetta, and Helen Wilson and Sharon Pilcher, both in Delia. Indian drum services will be at 5 p.m. Friday at the old Kickapoo Community Building on the Kickapoo Reservation west of Horton. Burial will be in Wezo Cemetery near Mayetta. Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton is in charge of arrangements.
  		Obituary- Williams, Henry 2 Shootings investigated HORTON — Law officers were using a metal detector Wednesday to search the yard around a mobile home here Wednesday as an investigation continued into the shooting deaths of two Horton men. The dead men, George “Hank” Williams, 51, and Jeffery Le Roy Lindsey, 24, were discovered in the mobile home on the west side of town Tuesday evening. A police spokesman said authorities had been notified by telephone call of the deaths at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Investigators would not comment on the circumstances surrounding the deaths or about a weapon or weapons. However, Brown County Coroner Dr. Delbert Larson, Hiawatha, said the two died of multiple gunshot wounds. Williams’ most serious wounds were to the chest and lungs and Lindsey’s were to the head, Larson said. An autopsy was being performed by a Wichita pathologist, Larson said Wednesday. Horton Police Chief Don Groshong and agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation were at the shooting scene where a metal detector was being used in the barricaded yard Wednesday. The Brown County Sheriff’s Office also was involved in the investigation.