CHERISHED MEMORIES OF CHARLES LESTER 'JOE BO' WILLIAMS, JR.
CHARLES LESTER WILLIAMS, JR. WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 7, 1960 IN CRESCENT CITY, FLORIDA TO HIS MOTHER, THE LATE ALMETIA LAWTON AND HIS ADOPTIVE CHARLES & ANNIE LOU WILLIAMS. HE LIVED AND WAS EDUCATED IN CRESCENT CITY, FLORIDA. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY. AFTER HIS MILITARY SERVICE HE MET THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, THE LATE DIANE SWEAT AND THEY WERE MARRIED 34 YEARS AT HER DEATH AND THEY HAD ONE CHILD DURING THIS UNION TOGETHER AND LIVED IN POOLER, GEORGIA. JOE BO LOVED HIS FAMILY, HIS BELOVED SON AND FRIENDS. HE HAD A PASSION FOR FISHING AND HOSTING OUR FAMILY\'S 'FAMOUS FISH FRY.\"
A TIME TO MOURN
ON FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2018, CHARLES WAS CALLED HOME TO REST. HE IS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, ALMETIA LAWTON MIMS; CHARLES & ANNIE LOU WILLIAMS; WIFE DIANE SWEAT WILLIAMS; BROTHERS MICHAEL POWERS & WILLIE JAMES WHITE; SISTER BISHOP BETTY RICE.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES HIS LOVING & DEVOTED SON, JAVONDRE WILLIAMS, SAVANNAH, GA; STEP FATHER WILLIE C. MIMS, CRESCENT CITY, FL; MOTHER IN LAW ALICE COOK, PORT ST. LUCIE, FL; SISTER IN LAW PERENDA GAYLE WARREN, PORT ST. LUCIE, FL.
SIBLINGS: WANDA ANN WHITE (LUTHER) PALM COAST, FL; GWENDOLYN BARRS (DARRYL) DAYTONA BEACH, FL; JAMICA PASSMORE (KENNY) PALATKA, FL. BROTHERS; ERIC BABER (LADONNA) FOREST, VA; RODERICK MIMS (LEOTHA) WALDORF, MD; GEFFERY MIMS (TERESE) CHEYENNE, WY; WALLACE BRINSON, NEW YORK; CLINT WHITE, CRESCENT CITY, FL ; GOD CHILDREN JABERIA HAMILTON & TANESHA BACON, SAVANNAH, GA; LOVING & CARING SIGNIFICIANT OTHER LINDA HAZZARD; LIKE A BROTHER GRAYLEN 'BOBO' ROYAL; HIS DOG PRECIOUS WILLIAMS, GOOD SUPPORTIVE FRIENDS RAYMOND & JODI ELLROD AND A HOST OF NEICES, NEPHEWS, AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS AND SORROWING FRIENDS.
THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 2 O\'CLOCK SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE CHAPEL OF GAMBLE FUNERAL SERVICE - 410 STEPHENSON AVENUE. INTERMENT WILL BE PRIVATE.