Loys Lamont Williams
Loys Lamont Williams was born on November 22, 1910 in Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the fifth of eight children born to Thomas Green Williams and Johnnie Vara Thomas Williams. Thomas Green and Vara were both natives of Trigg County, Kentucky where Thomas was a prominent farmer of his day. Vara was a homemaker and operated the family farm after Thomas’ death. She was a great-granddaughter of Starkie Thomas.
Loys’s siblings were Sidney Alma Williams, born in 1901 and married Pink Harrell Guier; Annie Lucille Williams, born in 1903 and married Robert Elliott Malone; Gillis Thomas Williams, born in 1905 and married Kittie Hendricks; Lily Roberta Williams, born in 1908 and married Olive James Cunningham; Geneva Evelyn Williams, born in 1913 and married Earl Wayne Simmons; John Cullen Williams, born in 1915 and married Audrey G. Forrest and later married Vera May Cox Gibbs; and Forest Hilda Williams, born in 1918 and married Gilbert N. Bridges.
Loys grew up on the family farm. His father died in 1924 when he was 14 and he had to share the responsibility of operating the farm and providing for the family. In the 1930s he was one of the first local men to become a member of the Civilian Conservation Corporation. He served with the C.C.C. in Mount Shasta, California where the organization gave him the opportunity to broaden his education.
During World War II, Loys served two enlistments with the U.S. Army serving a total of four years and five months in the military. He spent his first enlistment stationed near Corpus Christi, Texas. During his second enlistment, he served overseas with the 106th Anti-aircraft Battalion in Ireland, North Africa, Italy, France, Austria and Germany. He operated army vehicles to provide personnel, supplies and ammunition to the front lines. He was discharged on August 5, 1945 and he returned to Hopkinsville, Kentucky where he made his home.
On September 16, 1945, Loys married Mary Leta Boyd. Mary was a native of Christian County and was born on December 21, 1914. She was the daughter of John Richard Boyd and Dora Gabe Ella Littlefield Boyd, both natives of Christian County.
Loys and Mary lived in Hopkinsville where Loys was self-employed for several years. He later was employed with the United State Department of Agriculture as a livestock inspector, a position he held until his retirement. Mary worked as bookkeeper in Hopkinsville until her retirement.
Loys and Mary were the parents of one child, a daughter, Lucretia Williams, born in 1947 and married Robert Louis Moran.
Loys died on January 28, 1978, at the age of 67 at Jennie Stuart Hospital in Hopkinsville. He was buried in the Green Hill Memorial Gardens in Hopkinsville. Mary died on July 26, 1985, at the age of 70 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. She was buried in the Green Hill Memorial Gardens next to her husband.
Loys and Mary
Loys tombstone
Mary's tombstone
LINEAGE: (Loys Lamont Williams was the son of Thomas Green and Johnnie Vara Thomas Williams and the grandson of William Henry and Sidney Dyer Thomas. William Henry was the third child of Stanley and Emily Ann Light Thomas. Stanley was the second child of Starkie and Mary Bridges Thomas. Starkie was the fourth child of James and Mary Standley Thomas.)
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