Age 69, Sterling - Services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday in the Sterling United Methodist Church with Rev. Sharla Reynolds, Pastor, officiating. Col. Williams died Wednesday in Mableton, Georgia. Burial will be in the Sterling Cemetery under the direction of Becker Funeral Home of Fletcher (Formerly Robbins Funeral Home) with Full Military Honors. Family will receive friends Sunday afternoon and evening at the old Girdner home located 2 miles south of US Hwy 17 and Hwy 65 go south to Lake Road turn West go ½ mile to 6450 Lake. John was born February 8, 1940 in Marietta, Ohio. He married Clara Ann Girdner on October 1, 1961 in Ohio. John was a faithful and devoted husband, and a loving father. He proudly served his country as an officer, Lt. Col., in the United States Army, Artillery. His numerous tours of duty included Ft. Richardson, Alaska, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, Ft. McPherson, Georgia, Washington D.C, as well as several tours in Germany and one tour to Vietnam during the Vietnam War. During his service he also instructed ROTC at Georgia State University in Atlanta. After more than 30 years in the military, he retired in 1988 to Mableton, Georgia where he lived for the next twenty years. His degree in economics served him well in retirement with his seasonal work as a tax preparer. He is survived by a son, Scott Williams and companion Hans Peter Wachter, Norman, Oklahoma, two daughters, Shelly Odell and husband Tim, Frisco, Texas; Staci Santos and husband David, Derry, New Hampshire; two brothers, Herb Williams and wife Marge, Delray Beach, Florida; Bruce Williams and wife Shirley, Marietta, Ohio; a sister, Eunice Williams, Marietta, Ohio; two Aunts, Nellie Stocklin, Columbus, Ohio and Ruth Gee, Newark, Ohio; two granddaughters, Rebecca and Rachael Odell, Frisco, Texas. His wife preceded him in death.