Shelby County Trails

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Shelby County is surrounded on the north by Christian, Macon, and Moultrie; the east by Moultrie, Coles & Cumberland; the south by Effingham and Fayette; and the west by Montgomery and Christian counties.	Shelby County, Illinois Obituary from The Shelbyville Daily Union, May 5, 1966. R.L. Williams Dies in Decatur Roy Lloyd Williams, 71, of 1512 West Grand, Decatur, died at 6:25 a.m. Wednesday at the Decatur and Macon County Hospital. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Glenwood cemetery [sic], Shelbyville. Mr. Williams moved to Decatur from Shelbyville 15 years ago. He was a retired employe [sic] of the Signal Depot in Decatur and was affiliated with the Grand Baptist Church. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He was born Aug. 15, 1894, in Shelby county, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Williams. Mr. Williams married Retha McCollum, who died January, 1947. He married Bessie Newcum Sept. 15, 1957, in Taylorville. He leaves his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Ray (Leota) Yantis, Findlay; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Carl (Juanita) Jackson and Mrs. Dave (Joyce) Taylor, both of Litchfield; one sister, Mrs. Clyde (Amanda) Goodwin, Decatur; three brothers, Louis of Jackson, Mich., Howard of Decatur and Warren of Chicago; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. NOTE: Roy Williams is probably related to the Williams family who attended the Stewardson School around the turn of the century.

Shelby County is surrounded on

the north by
Christian, Macon, and Moultrie;

the east by
Moultrie, Coles & Cumberland;

the south by
Effingham and Fayette;

and the west by
Montgomery and Christian counties.

Shelby County, Illinois
Obituary from The Shelbyville Daily Union, May 5, 1966.

R.L. Williams Dies in Decatur
    Roy Lloyd Williams, 71, of 1512 West Grand, Decatur, died at 6:25 a.m.
Wednesday at the Decatur and Macon County Hospital.
    Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral
Home. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Glenwood cemetery
[sic], Shelbyville.
    Mr. Williams moved to Decatur from Shelbyville 15 years ago. He was a
retired employe [sic] of the Signal Depot in Decatur and was affiliated with
the Grand Baptist Church. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of
America.
    He was born Aug. 15, 1894, in Shelby county, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Williams.
    Mr. Williams married Retha McCollum, who died January, 1947. He married
Bessie Newcum Sept. 15, 1957, in Taylorville.
    He leaves his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Ray (Leota) Yantis, Findlay; two
stepdaughters, Mrs. Carl (Juanita) Jackson and Mrs. Dave (Joyce) Taylor, both
of Litchfield; one sister, Mrs. Clyde (Amanda) Goodwin, Decatur; three
brothers, Louis of Jackson, Mich., Howard of Decatur and Warren of Chicago;
nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

NOTE: Roy Williams is probably related to the Williams family who attended the
Stewardson School around the turn of the century.

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