FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE HELD FOR BRENHAM COUNCILMAN WELDON WILLIAMS
Funeral services have been scheduled for longtime Brenham City Councilman Weldon C. Williams, Jr., who passed away Wednesday evening.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 5th at 11:00 a.m. under the direction of Hogan Funeral Home, 1002 W. Alamo St., in Brenham.
Williams died Wednesday evening at the age of 85.
Williams, who was serving his second term representing Ward 2, had missed several recent meetings due to illness.
Williams was elected Council member for Ward 2 in May of 2006.
Williams, a native of Brenham, graduated from Pickard High School. He attended Prairie View A&M University and attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., earning a Master of Science degree in physics.
He worked for Westinghouse for 34 years at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in Pittsburgh, PA as a nuclear analyst, a nuclear designer, and an editor and writer for the naval nuclear design manual.
Williams and his wife, Winifred, returned to Brenham in 1998.
The City of Brenham issued a statement Thursday morning, saying: “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this most difficult time.”
State flags will fly at half staff in Brenham to honor Williams.