MR. WILLIAMS WENT BY HIS MIDDLE NAME, WINSTON.
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SOURCE: Cook County IL death records
Name: Emile Winston Williams
Birth Date: 23 Jun 1906
Birthplace: Moss Point, Jackson, Mississippi
Death Date: 12 May 1989
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address: 8235 S Pedry
Gender: Male
Age: 82
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Occupation: HERE Local #1 Union Official
Funeral Home: Griffin Funeral Home
Burial Date: 17 May 1989
Burial Place: Alsip, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery: Holy Sepulchre
Father's Name: Emile Winston Williams
Mother's Name: Georgia Hand
Spouse's Name: Ina Dorothy (Wells) Williams
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Published in the Chicago (IL) Tribune on 17 May 1989
E. Winston Williams II, 82, former executive vice president of Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union Local No. 1, was president from 1971 to 1974 of the NAACP's South Side Branch and was active in civil rights for more than three decades
Mass for Mr. Williams, a resident of the South Side, was said Tuesday in St. Sabina Catholic Church, 1210 W. 78th Pl. He died at home Friday.
"He was very sophisticated, a total gentleman," said his niece, Janet Blair. "He was very strong, a man committed to the cause of labor and of civil rights. His friends and his family could depend on him at any time and for anything."
A native of Moss Point, Miss., he came to Chicago in 1925. He was a waiter for 21 years at the Palmer House.
In 1938, he helped organize the Federated Hotel Waiters Union Local 356. He served as shop steward at the hotel and was made a member of the executive board. In 1954, he joined the staff of the local, which merged into the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees local in 1962. He became executive vice president later in the 1960s.
He also helped found the local's credit union and served on its executive board.
Mr. Williams joined the board of the South Side branch of the NAACP in 1956. In addition to serving as president, he was treasurer from 1984 to 1988. In 1986, he won the NAACP's James H. Kemp Award, its highest honor.
He was also active in the Chicago Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Jewish Labor Committee, the Chicago Urban League and the Joint Negro Appeal.
Survivors include his wife Ina; two grand-children; eight great-grandchildren; and a sister.
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SOURCE: Cook County IL death records
Name: Emile Winston Williams
Birth Date: 23 Jun 1906
Birthplace: Moss Point, Jackson, Mississippi
Death Date: 12 May 1989
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address: 8235 S Pedry
Gender: Male
Age: 82
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Occupation: HERE Local #1 Union Official
Funeral Home: Griffin Funeral Home
Burial Date: 17 May 1989
Burial Place: Alsip, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery: Holy Sepulchre
Father's Name: Emile Winston Williams
Mother's Name: Georgia Hand
Spouse's Name: Ina Dorothy (Wells) Williams
____________________
Published in the Chicago (IL) Tribune on 17 May 1989
E. Winston Williams II, 82, former executive vice president of Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union Local No. 1, was president from 1971 to 1974 of the NAACP's South Side Branch and was active in civil rights for more than three decades
Mass for Mr. Williams, a resident of the South Side, was said Tuesday in St. Sabina Catholic Church, 1210 W. 78th Pl. He died at home Friday.
"He was very sophisticated, a total gentleman," said his niece, Janet Blair. "He was very strong, a man committed to the cause of labor and of civil rights. His friends and his family could depend on him at any time and for anything."
A native of Moss Point, Miss., he came to Chicago in 1925. He was a waiter for 21 years at the Palmer House.
In 1938, he helped organize the Federated Hotel Waiters Union Local 356. He served as shop steward at the hotel and was made a member of the executive board. In 1954, he joined the staff of the local, which merged into the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees local in 1962. He became executive vice president later in the 1960s.
He also helped found the local's credit union and served on its executive board.
Mr. Williams joined the board of the South Side branch of the NAACP in 1956. In addition to serving as president, he was treasurer from 1984 to 1988. In 1986, he won the NAACP's James H. Kemp Award, its highest honor.
He was also active in the Chicago Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Jewish Labor Committee, the Chicago Urban League and the Joint Negro Appeal.
Survivors include his wife Ina; two grand-children; eight great-grandchildren; and a sister.
MR. WILLIAMS WENT BY HIS MIDDLE NAME, WINSTON.
____________________
SOURCE: Cook County IL death records
Name: Emile Winston Williams
Birth Date: 23 Jun 1906
Birthplace: Moss Point, Jackson, Mississippi
Death Date: 12 May 1989
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address: 8235 S Pedry
Gender: Male
Age: 82
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Occupation: HERE Local #1 Union Official
Funeral Home: Griffin Funeral Home
Burial Date: 17 May 1989
Burial Place: Alsip, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery: Holy Sepulchre
Father's Name: Emile Winston Williams
Mother's Name: Georgia Hand
Spouse's Name: Ina Dorothy (Wells) Williams
____________________
Published in the Chicago (IL) Tribune on 17 May 1989
E. Winston Williams II, 82, former executive vice president of Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union Local No. 1, was president from 1971 to 1974 of the NAACP's South Side Branch and was active in civil rights for more than three decades
Mass for Mr. Williams, a resident of the South Side, was said Tuesday in St. Sabina Catholic Church, 1210 W. 78th Pl. He died at home Friday.
"He was very sophisticated, a total gentleman," said his niece, Janet Blair. "He was very strong, a man committed to the cause of labor and of civil rights. His friends and his family could depend on him at any time and for anything."
A native of Moss Point, Miss., he came to Chicago in 1925. He was a waiter for 21 years at the Palmer House.
In 1938, he helped organize the Federated Hotel Waiters Union Local 356. He served as shop steward at the hotel and was made a member of the executive board. In 1954, he joined the staff of the local, which merged into the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees local in 1962. He became executive vice president later in the 1960s.
He also helped found the local's credit union and served on its executive board.
Mr. Williams joined the board of the South Side branch of the NAACP in 1956. In addition to serving as president, he was treasurer from 1984 to 1988. In 1986, he won the NAACP's James H. Kemp Award, its highest honor.
He was also active in the Chicago Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Jewish Labor Committee, the Chicago Urban League and the Joint Negro Appeal.
Survivors include his wife Ina; two grand-children; eight great-grandchildren; and a sister.
____________________
SOURCE: Cook County IL death records
Name: Emile Winston Williams
Birth Date: 23 Jun 1906
Birthplace: Moss Point, Jackson, Mississippi
Death Date: 12 May 1989
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address: 8235 S Pedry
Gender: Male
Age: 82
Marital Status: Married
Race: Black
Occupation: HERE Local #1 Union Official
Funeral Home: Griffin Funeral Home
Burial Date: 17 May 1989
Burial Place: Alsip, Cook, Illinois
Cemetery: Holy Sepulchre
Father's Name: Emile Winston Williams
Mother's Name: Georgia Hand
Spouse's Name: Ina Dorothy (Wells) Williams
____________________
Published in the Chicago (IL) Tribune on 17 May 1989
E. Winston Williams II, 82, former executive vice president of Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union Local No. 1, was president from 1971 to 1974 of the NAACP's South Side Branch and was active in civil rights for more than three decades
Mass for Mr. Williams, a resident of the South Side, was said Tuesday in St. Sabina Catholic Church, 1210 W. 78th Pl. He died at home Friday.
"He was very sophisticated, a total gentleman," said his niece, Janet Blair. "He was very strong, a man committed to the cause of labor and of civil rights. His friends and his family could depend on him at any time and for anything."
A native of Moss Point, Miss., he came to Chicago in 1925. He was a waiter for 21 years at the Palmer House.
In 1938, he helped organize the Federated Hotel Waiters Union Local 356. He served as shop steward at the hotel and was made a member of the executive board. In 1954, he joined the staff of the local, which merged into the Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees local in 1962. He became executive vice president later in the 1960s.
He also helped found the local's credit union and served on its executive board.
Mr. Williams joined the board of the South Side branch of the NAACP in 1956. In addition to serving as president, he was treasurer from 1984 to 1988. In 1986, he won the NAACP's James H. Kemp Award, its highest honor.
He was also active in the Chicago Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Jewish Labor Committee, the Chicago Urban League and the Joint Negro Appeal.
Survivors include his wife Ina; two grand-children; eight great-grandchildren; and a sister.
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