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Jimmy Paul Williams

Jimmy Paul Williams

July 31, 2024, 66, Mount Olive —

Jimmy Paul Williams, lifelong resident of the Faison area, passed away early Wednesday morning, July 31, 2024.  He was 66.

His early working years were spent with the Sampson County Landfill before employment came with Mt. Olive Pickle Company where he retired as warehouse supervisor.

Always a sports enthusiast, Jimmy Paul enjoyed playing softball and later, golf.  Too, he enjoyed fishing and was just a good, all-around country guy.  He will be remembered for his ability to always make others laugh.

Jimmy Paul was preceded in death by his dad and mother, Paul I. and Polly Summerlin Williams.  He is survived by his wife, Dianne D. Williams, of the home; a daughter and son-in-law, Michelle Williams Bradshaw and William Bradshaw, of Faison; a son, Joshua Paul Williams, of Faison; grandchildren, Brittia Bradshaw Healey and husband, Austin Healey, of Faison, and Zackary Bradshaw of Faison; two great-grandchildren, Brinley Healey and Rylee Healey, both of Faison; a brother, Eddie Williams of Faison;  and two sisters, Paulette Williams of Goldsboro, and Evelyn W. Riggs of Kinston.  He is also survived by Dianne’s mother, Irma Mae Dudley, and Dianne’s sisters and their husbands, Janet and Carey Turner, and Rhonda and Ray Myers, all of Mount Olive; and several nieces and nephews, and their families.

Funeral services will be Friday, August 2, at 2 p.m. at Tyndall Funeral Home.  Officiating will be the Rev. Ashley Summerlin. 

Burial will follow at Pineview Cemetery near Seven Springs.  Visitation will be during the hour before the service.  At other times, the family welcomes others to the home of Brittia and Austin Healey, 442 Tom Hill Road, Faison.

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