Taps

 Day is done, gone the sun
 from the lake, from the hill, 
 from the sky.

 All is well, safely rest.
 God is nigh.

 Thanks and praise for our days
'neath the sun, 'neath the stars,
'neath the sky.

 As we go, this we know.
 God is nigh.

 Terry Lee Williams, 62, of Thompson, died at his home Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 28, 2004.

Military Funeral Honors will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday in the Thompson Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home.

Mr. Williams was born on Aug. 3, 1942, in Independence, a son of Lee Henry and Frances Mary (VanBibber) Williams.

He was a Navy veteran and had served on the USS Kitty Hawk.

Terry came to Mexico in 1978 as the manager of Harold’s Supermarket, which was located where the Handi-Shop is currently located. He had also worked for the Audrain County Road District, Lincare, American Home Patient and he had been the manager at LaCrosse Lumber in Columbia. Most recently he was a driver for MFA.

Terry was a member of the Bahai faith.  He had been a volunteer with FFA and was active in the Audrain Area Genealogical Society.

His longtime companion Kathlene Eskew, of the home; a daughter, Valerie Utterback and husband Dan, Huntsville; a brother, Jerry Williams and his wife Rita, Independence; and 2 grandchildren, Joseph and Aaron, survive him.

He was preceded in death by one sister Kathleen Ann, his parents and one grandchild.

The family suggests that memorials be given to the Diabetes or American Heart Association. They may be sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.      

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