Benny M. Williams, age 57 years, of Great Bend, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday evening, October 22, 2014 at the Hutchinson Regional Medical Center in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Benny was born on January 12, 1957 at Vallejo, California to Benny O. and Jacqueline D. (Mayfield) Williams. After graduation from High School, he joined the U.S. Navy, where he spent the next two years. Following his discharge from the Navy he worked in Navy shipyards in Los Angeles and San Diego, California. Benny later moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was united in marriage to Diane L. Roberts on April 22, 1979. The couple moved to Kansas from Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1987, where Benny worked as a Corrections Officer at the Winfield Correctional Facility in Winfield, Kansas for eight years. The couple then moved to Great Bend. Benny enjoyed his grandchildren and traveling when the couple was able.
Survivors include his wife, Diane L. Williams of Great Bend, Kansas; one son, Brandon Williams of Great Bend, Kansas; three daughters: April and Amy Williams, both of Great Bend, Kansas and Ronnie Lynn of Tulsa, Oklahoma; twelve grandchildren; his father, Benny O. Williams of San Diego, California; two sisters: Kathy (and her husband, Gary) Bann of Carrie, North Carolina and Karen Lynch of Winfield, Kansas. Benny was preceded in death by his mother, Jacqueline D. Williams.
Cremation has been selected, and there are no services or visitation planned at this time.
1957 - 2014 (57 years)