Betty Lourene Williams

Background

Williams, Betty Lourene was born on October 3, 1934 in Topeka. Daughter of Jim and Catherine (Sears) Lewis.

Education

Associate of Arts, Compton College, 1988.

Career

Kindergarten, music teacher, St. Catherine Catholic Mission School, Guthrie, Oklahoma, 1956-1957; real estate agent, Diamond Realty, Compton, California, 1964-1965; office manager, J & H Clinical Laboratory, Inglewood, California, 1967-1971; exam clerk typist, Federal Office of Personnel Management, Los Angeles, 1981; consulting administrative coordinator, designer of office operations system, Federal Office of Personnel Management, Los Angeles, 1983; volunteer, Harbor Chapter AAKP, Long Beach, California, since 1979. Office organization, consultant Inglewood Chapter, since 1989. Kidney peer patient counseling.

Achievements

• Betty Lourene Williams has been listed as a noteworthy volunteer, manager, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Compton, California Branch, 1992. Member Congressional hearing committee National Urologic and Kidney Diseases Advisory Board for West Coast, Los Angeles, 1988. Organizer Training Seminar for Southern California State Rehabilitation Department, 1988.

Member American Association Kidney Patients, Normal Bridge Club (secretary 1986-1987), American Bridge Association (Los Angeles unit since 1986).

Interests

• Piano playing, duplicate bridge, singing, collector of black history, poetry writing, scenery painting.

Connections

Married Herman Williams, September 22, 1950. Children: Herm Junior, Danny Clay, Iris Angela, John Joseph, Steve Arnold.

Father:

Jim Lewis

Mother:

Catherine (Sears) Lewis

Spouse:

Herman Williams

child:

Danny Clay Williams

child:

John Joseph Williams

child:

Iris Angela Williams

child:

Steve Arnold Williams

child:

Herm Junior Williams