A Celebration of Life for Tracy Evans Williams, Jr. February 16, 1932 - June 3, 2018. Saturday, June 9, 2018, 11:00 A. M. Thankful Baptist Church, 302 Walker Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901. Pastor Christopher J. Waters, Officiating; Reverend Kip B. Banks, Sr., Eulogist.

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR
Saturday, June 9, 2018
11:00 A.M.
THANKFUL BAPTIST CHURCH
302 Walker Street
Augusta, Georgia 30901
Pastor Christopher J. Waters, Officiating
Reverend Kip B. Banks, Sr., Eulogist
The Obituary
TRACY EVANS WILLIAMS, JR. was born to Tracy Evans Williams, Sr. and Mamie D. Williams in Augusta, Georgia on
Lebruary 16,1932. He entered into rest on June 3,2018.
Tracy grew up in Augusta on Milledgeville Road with his sisters, Katherine, Mamie, and Dollie who affectionately called
him Fluffy, a nickname which later evolved into Fuffy. At an early age, he was baptized at the historic Thankful
Baptist Church.
As a teenager, Tracy worked in the grocery store founded by his grandfather, Robert Williams, and subsequently owned
by his father. He delivered groceries by bicycle to customers throughout Augusta s Turpin Hill area and the surrounding
neighborhoods. These early work experiences and exposure to his fathers business, and the generosity shown to customers
during the lean World War II years, seeded a lifelong appreciation for hard work, financial acumen, and community
service.
After graduating from Augustas Haines Normal and Industrial Institute as Salutatorian of the Class of 1949, he attended
Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, where he received a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Mathematics. He later completed advanced study in math and physics at Hampton Institute in Virginia and in
1970, he earned a Master of Arts degree in Supervision and Administration from Atlanta University.
Tracy began a thirty'five-year career in education at Waynesboro High School in Waynesboro, Georgia, where he was
a math and physics classroom teacher. He returned to Augusta in 1956 and began teaching at the newly opened A.R.
Johnson Junior High School. That year he also married his high school prom date, the former and late Willarena Marguerite
Lamar, and from their union, sprang a large and loving family of seven children. Together for forty-three years, Tracy and
Willarena, also an educator, shared an intellectual kinship, educated their children, and created a warm and welcoming
home environment focused on spiritual and academic pursuits, discipline, personal responsibility, love, and family fun.
In 1964, Tracy was named assistant principal at the newly opened T.W. Josey High School. In 1976, he was named
principal at Tubman Junior High School, remaining there until his retirement in 1991. In the Augusta community, which
he loved dearly, Tracy was involved with many social, civic, and political organizations, including the Alpha Phi Alpha
and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternities, the NAACP, the Boy Scouts, the Ambassadors Bridge Club, and several local governmental
and community boards and committees, including the Augusta Symphony Board, and the Shiloh Community Center
Board. He was also an appointed member of the Board of Tax Assessors for Richmond County for over twenty-five years.
Committed to seeking social justice and change through political involvement, Tracy worked on numerous political
campaigns over the years, serving in advisory capacities and informal campaign manager and treasurer roles for candidates
and elected officials at the local and state levels.
During his retirement, he enjoyed collecting stamps and coins, keeping up with current affairs, writing opinion-editorial
letters and columns for local newspapers, attending varied church services, gardening, yard work, traveling, and visiting
with and mentoring his eleven grandchildren. He also loved preparing hearty breakfasts for family and friends, talking on
the telephone, and reading several newspapers daily and books on his Kindle.
He leaves to celebrate his life: his children, Tracy E. Williams, III, Peter W.L. Williams, Serena M. Williams, Dr. Nita
Williams Walker, Dr. Mayme Williams, Dollie Williams Banks and Robert J. Williams; grandchildren, Justin P. Williams,
Sharon E. Williams, Tracy E. Williams, IV, Serena M. Walker, DavidJ.A. Walker, Carolyne M. Banks, Margaret K. Banks,
Kip B. Banks, Jr, Nathaniel U. Nwaneri, Matthew W. Nwaneri and Andrew E. Nwaneri; sons-in-law, Dr. Uchenna R.
Nwaneri and Reverend Kip B. Banks, Sr; daughters-in-law, Pilarcita R. Williams and Lisa H. Williams; sisters-in-law,
Dr. Carolyne Lamar Jordan and Claire LaMar Carey; brothers-in-law, Quincy L. Robertson, Harmon R. Carey and Dr.
Lawrence M. Jordan; nieces, June Powell, Lisa Powell Scipio, Stephanie Robertson Merritt, Sonia Wright and Larajordan
James; nephew, Dr. Roderick L. Carey; grand-nephews, Tracy Wright, Alex Wright, Walker Merritt, Wesley Merritt;
grand-niece, Whitlee Merritt; cousins, Gloria Russell Blanchard and Dr. James E. Carter, III; devoted companion, Mary
Shropshire James; and a host of other relatives, godchildren and friends..
The Order of Service
Pastor Christopher J. Waters, Presiding
Processional
Congregational Hymn
Sweet, Sweet Spirit
Scripture Readings
Old Testament..............................................Mr. Tracy Evans Williams, IV
Psalm 121
New Testament.................................................Ms. Sharon Elisa Williams
1 John 14:1-7
Prayer of Comfort................................................Pastor Christopher J. Waters
Acknowledgments....................................................Ms. Beverly Myers Tarver
Selection......................................................Thankful Baptist Church Choir
The Honorable Hardie Davis, Jr., Mayor of the City of Augusta
Dr. James E. Carter, III
Ms. Serena Marguerite Walker
Mr. Robert James Williams
Mr. Tracy Evans Williams, III
Solo
Pass Me Not, 0 Gentle Savior
Ms. Margaret Katherine Banks
Eulogy...................................................Reverend Kip B. Banks, Sr., Pastor
East Washington Heights Baptist Church
Washington, DC
Benediction and Recessional...........................................He Looked Beyond My Faults
Interment................................................................Cedar Grove Cemetery
120 Watkins Street
Augusta, Georgia
Tallbearers
Mr. Kip Bernard Banks, Jr.
Mr. Andrew Elijah Nwaneri
Mr. Matthew Wihiams Nwaneri
Mr. Nathaniel Uchenna Nwaneri
Mr. David James Anthony Walker
Mr. Justin Peter Wihiams
Mr. Tracy Evans Wihiams, IV
Mr. Tracy Lance Wright
Dr. Uchenna R. Nwaneri
ffonorartf Tallbearers
Members of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
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We, the family of the late Tracy Evans Wihiams, Jr., wish to express our sincerest appreciation to
ah those who comforted us and extended sympathies, love, and concern during our time of great
sorrow. We pray that God will richly bless each one of you.
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