Belton Williams Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Belton R. Williams of Plymouth, Michigan, died on June 25, 2022, at Angela Hospice in Livonia, Michigan at the age of 97. Belton was born in 1924 in Durant, Oklahoma, to James Stanley Williams and Jessie Mae (Robinson) Williams. He was proud to be an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation, with 1/8th degree of Indian blood. Belton grew up in Bokchito, Oklahoma, and graduated from Bokchito High School in 1941. During World War II, he served in the Seabees, the construction unit of the U.S. Navy. On his return to Oklahoma, he married Dorothy Lorene Hammond of McAlester. They were happily married for 66 years, until Dorothy’s death in 2012. Belton graduated from Southeastern State College in Durant in 1948. In his long and successful career, he worked as a financial executive with companies in Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Michigan. He retired in 1998 as Treasurer of Auch Construction in Pontiac, Michigan. He and Dorothy were longtime members of Trinity Church in Plymouth, Michigan, which they served in many ways. Belton is survived by two children, Martha Williams Flynn of Morristown, New Jersey, and Tom Williams of Arden Hills, Minnesota; two grandchildren, Emily Lipnick of Morristown, New Jersey, and Kevin Flynn of Yonkers, New York; and two great-grandchildren, Fiona and Paige Lipnick. He was predeceased by his brothers Stanley and David Williams. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, August 4 at Trinity Church, 10101 Ann Arbor Road W., Plymouth, Michigan. Interment will occur at a later date in Bokchito Civic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to the “Jessie Mae Williams Scholarship Fund,” c/o Bokchito/Rock Creek Alumni Association, 2803 Briarwood Avenue, Durant, OK 74701-2201.

Belton Williams

October 14, 1924 - June 25, 2022