John Culbreth Williams, III

John Culbreth Williams, III went home to be with his Lord and Savior on February 26, 2021. John was born on April 5, 1934 to John Culbreth Williams, Jr. and Daisy McRainey Williams.

He attended Duke University on a NROTC scholarship, graduating with a degree in Civil Engineering. He was commissioned in the US Marine Corps in the same week he married Allene Wellons, his high school sweetheart. In Quantico, Virginia at officer training school he graduated number one in a class of over 500. He was awarded the Sword of Honor and went on to become a helicopter pilot. Due to family obligations, he resigned his commission and moved back to Fayetteville. He sold real estate for 7 years and then began a 30-year career as a financial advisor. 

John was married for 61 years to Allene. They had four children, Cathy Stanfield (Mike), Jay Williams, Jeff Williams (Sue), and Susan Williams; eleven grandchildren, two of which preceded him in death; fourteen great-grandchildren; two sisters, Gayle Martin who preceded him in death and Linda Breedlove.

John was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church. He was a teacher, deacon, elder, and elder emerita.

Services will be held at First Presbyterian Church (Ann Street) on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 11:00 am.  A visitation will follow the service in the Fellowship Hall.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations, to First Presbyterian Church, 102 Ann St., Fayetteville, NC 28301, or a charity of your choice.

Our family would also like to say a very special thank you to Labinda Bryan and the Addison. We really appreciate your love, love, support, and care.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.sullivanshighland.com.

Services are entrusted to Sullivan’s Highland Funeral Service & Crematory.