Cordes E. Williamson - Madison Parish, Louisiana 
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Cordes E. Williamson - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Post June 17, 2001

Cordes E. Williamson died Friday, June 15, 2001, in the Madison Parish Hospital. He was 81.

Mr. Williamson was born in Forest, La., and spent most of his life in Louisiana. He was 
a World War II Army veteran. He was a retired merchant and farmer and a member of the 
First Baptist Church, where he taught Sunday school for many years. He retired from the 
Police Jury after a tenure of 17 years. He was a former member of the Madison Parish 
Port Commission and an active member of the Fifth District Levee Board.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Westmoreland Williamson of Tallulah; four grandchildren, 
Sheri Brown Morgan of Tallulah, Christy Brown Humble of Monroe, La., Julie Brown McBroom 
of Tallulah, and Cindy Brown Hargrave of Tallulah; a sister, Bessie Lee Purvis of 
Transylvania, La.; and seven great-grandchildren.

Services for Mr. Williamson will be 3 p.m. Monday in the First Baptist Church of Tallulah 
with Rev. John Rushing officiating. Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be today from 5 until 8 at the Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home in Tallulah.

Pallbearers will be Fred C. Morgan, Clay Morgan, Chad Morgan, James R. Brown, Wade 
Hargrave, Michael Todd McBroom, and Robert Q. Humble Jr.