Show grantsville Grants ville holds rites bites for pac jame james jay williams the body of james jay wil liams son of president and mrs james R williams of grantsville Grants ville recently returned from over seas under the repatriation of world war II 11 dead program arrived thurs day in tooele thoele accompanied by T mgt paul B arosen sixth army escort detachment from the utah general distribution depot odgen utah funeral services were held in the grantsville Grants ville first ward chap el tuesday with bishop mccoy johnson in charge interment was in the grantsville Grants ville cemetery private williams was killed mar 15 1945 while with the marine corps arps on iwo jima in action st the japanese he ile entered the service early in 1942 following the completion of a two year mission in the north central states for the church he was a graduate of the grants aulle high school class of 1939 where he was student body dent his senior year he was active in athletics winning his letter in football basketball and tennis he attended the BYU for one year prior to his mission during his furlough in feb 1944 he was married to miss virginia kirkham who has since re married and is now mrs william of fence lake N M surviving are his daughter 3 year old jay lynne his pa parents rents two sisters mrs donna W ander son of Grants vilie jean williams serving in the new england states mission and a brother lee J wil liams serving with the navy in san diego cal and a grandfather james wiliams of grantsville Grants ville pat williams had the purple heart award and navy silver star for distinguished service beyond the call of duty twenty members of the marine corps league Detach ement in tooele thoele which is named after pac williams assisted by two ser geanes from the recruiting ser geanes in salt lake city and a bugler from the marine detach ment at clearfield utah paid final honors to their buddy at graveside services A 12 man firing squad fired a three volley salute to pac williams |