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Nick John Williams

Nick John Williams was born August 25, 1881 or 1882 in Pike County, Mississippi. His parents were Willie Williams, a brick moulder, and Margaret Taylor Williams. Nick married Luberta Fluker of daughter of Joseph and Emily Kemp Fluker of Greensburg,La.


Children of Nick and Luberta:





    • Willie Williams b.1902

    • Ruth Williams b.1904

    • Ethel Williams b.1906

Nick's last known mailing address was Box 247, Kentwood, Louisiana. According to a 1942 draft registration, Nick was employed by Columbia Cafe, an establishment owned and operated by the Miaoulis Family who were Greek immigrants to Kentwood. Nick, Luberta, Ethel and Melbourne are all buried at Hope Cemetery in Kentwood, LA.


Nick and Luberta Williams were the parents of my great grandmother Ethel Williams Dillon whose untimely death was due to complications during the birth of her only child, my grandfather, Melbourne Gerard Dillon(pictured below). Her headstone proudly displays "wife of H. A Dillon". Grandpa Nick and Grandma Luberta were instrumental in the unbringing of my grandfather, according to census records he lived in their home in 1930 along with Luberta's then 70 year old mother, Emily Fluker.







Grandpa Nick signed his WWII draft registration at the age of 59. This really is a significant indication of the strength and dexterity of our people. In the year following his draft registration he passed at the age of 60. May his soul rest in peace.




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