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Edward I. Williams, a retired industrialist long prominent in the business affairs of Virginia, died November 29, 1983 at the Bethesda Retirement and Nursing Center in Chevy Chase, Md. He was 91.
Bom in Charleston, S. C., in 1892, he graduated from Columbia University in 1914 as a mining engineer. After serving as a Coast Artillery officer in World War I, he managed a mine in Galax and worked as a metallurgist for the Tennessee Copper Company.
In 1932 Mr. Williams joined the Riverton Lime and Stone Company as sales manager, and 10 years later was named president. He served as its president and chairman of the board until his retirement 25 years ago.
He was elected president of the Virginia Manufacturers Association in 1954, and earlier had served as president of the Mineral Wool Institute and the National Mineral Wool Association. He was a director of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and a member and chairman of Gov. Tuck’s advisory committee on aviation.
During his years in the Front Royal area. Mr. Williams was actively engaged in community affairs. He was a director of the Front Royal Chamber of Commerce, the Warren Memorial Hospital, the SkyPark Broadcasting Company and the Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester.
He was commander of the Giles B. Cook Post 53 of the American Legion and commanding officer of the Front Royal Flight of the Civil Air Patrol. ’
A popular organist and pianist, he is remembered in Front Royal for his part in the old March of Dimes campaign, playing request songs on the radio. Listeners w ould pledge a dollar or more if he could play their requests, if not, he paid whatever amount was pledged.
Following his retirement, Mr. Williams and his wife, the former Georgene Tobin, lived and travelled for 15 years along the inland waterways in their 48foot yacht. There he cultivated his hobby as a ham radio operator, a pasttime that occupied him during his last years in Front Royal.
He is survived by his wife, his daughter Mrs. Frances J. W. Carney of Woodville, three sons, E. I. Williams Jr. of Washington, D. C., Frederick J. Williams of Winchester and Beverly B. Williams of Fairfax, 11 grandchildren and six great-grandsons.
A Mass of Christian burial will be said at St. John’s Catholic Church in Front Royal Dec. 9 at 11 a.m. by the Rev. William Ruehl. Interment will be at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Warren Memorial Hospital in Front Royal.
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