George Bridges Williams died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, at Promise Hospital. He was 86.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Glenwood Funeral Home with Dr. Matt Buckles officiating. Burial will follow at Green Acres Memorial Park. Visitation will be from noon Tuesday until the hour of the service.

Mr. Williams was born in McComb and had been a resident of Vicksburg most of his life. He resided in Brookhaven at the time of his death. Mr. Williams was a retired engineer with the Illinois Central Railroad. He was a veteran of World War II with the Navy Sea Bees. He was a member of the First Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Allene Williams.

Survivors include his wife, Grace Ratcliff Williams of Brookhaven; three sons, Benton Williams of Vicksburg, Jesse Williams of McComb and James Williams of Huntington, Texas; one stepson, Jimmy Ratcliff of Brookhaven; one sister, Grace Bowers of McComb; two brothers, D.C. Williams of Hattiesburg and Aubrey Williams of St. Paul, Minn.; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.