John R. "Russ" Williams, 80, formerly of Houston, died Monday, June 28, 1999, in Independence Court, Mt. Lebanon. Mr. Williams was a 1936 graduate of Cecil High School and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was employed as a statistician with U.S. Steel Corp. for 37 years, retiring in 1973. Mr. Williams was a founding member of Chartiers Township Volunteer Fire Department. He was a member of Chartiers Lodge 297, F&AM; Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Valley of Pittsburgh; Syria Temple of Pittsburgh, Washington-Greene Caravan; and Odd Fellows Lodge of Washington. In 1940, he married Twila Lucille Jeffreys, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Joan Lynn Wright of Upper St. Clair; and three granddaughters, Bethany, Aimee and Courtney Wright. John R. Williams
U.S. Steel statistician
He was born November 27, 1918, in Courtney, a son of Charles R. and Anna Belle Jones Williams.