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Survivors include her husband, Jimmie Williams of Henderson; a son, Richard Williams of Ashburn; a sister; and a granddaughter.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

Mary B. WilliamsonVolunteer, Homemaker

Mary B. Williamson, 87, who volunteered with the Arlington Hospital Auxiliary and the Capital Hospice Thrift Shop, died Dec. 27 at her home in Arlington. She had pulmonary fibrosis.

Mrs. Williamson was born in Corpus Christi, Tex., and had lived in the Washington area for nearly 50 years. During World War II, she helped build combat aircraft while her husband was flying the aircraft in the Pacific.

She was an active member of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Arlington.

Her husband of 55 years, Elmer F. Williamson, a naval aviator, died in 1998.

Survivors include seven children, Gerald Williamson of Realitos, Tex., Bruce Williamson of Cocoa Beach, Fla., Rory Williamson of Woodbridge, Esther Noel of Walhalla, S.C., and Dean Williamson, Ian Williamson and Mary Leigh Brewer, all of Arlington; two sisters; two brothers; 15 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb


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