Maj. Angela Weathers Williams has been promoted to lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Army. She serves as chief of anesthesia services at Moncrief Army Community Hospital at Fort Jackson, S.C.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, she was reared in Port Gibson. She is the daughter of Frank Sr. and Cleoria Weathers. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Prairie View A&M University. She received Masters of Science degrees in anesthesia nursing from the University of Texas Health Science Center and in nursing management from the University of Texas at El Paso.

She has completed various nursing assignments, including anesthesia nursing at Fort Campbell and operating room nursing at Fort Bliss. Her decorations include Meritorious Service medals, Army Commendation medals, Iraq and Afghanistan Campaigns medals and numerous service medals and ribbons. She also received the 2005 Maj. Gen. Gale Pollock Distinguished Honor Graduate Award in anesthesia nursing.