Background
Williams, John Bell was born on December 4, 1918 in Raymond, Mississippi, United States. Son of Graves Kelly and Maude Elizabeth (Bedwell) Williams.
governor of Mississippi lawyer
Williams, John Bell was born on December 4, 1918 in Raymond, Mississippi, United States. Son of Graves Kelly and Maude Elizabeth (Bedwell) Williams.
Student Hinds Junior College, Raymond, Mississippi, 1934-1936, University of Mississippi, 1938. Bachelor of Laws, Jackson (Mississippi) School of Law, 1940.
Admitted to Mississippi bar, April 1940. Practiced in Raymond, 1940-1946. Prosecuting attorney Hinds County, Mississippi, May 1944-1946.
Member 80th to 82d congresses 7th Mississippi District, 82d to 87th congresses 4th Mississippi District, member 88th to 90th congresses 3d District Mississippi.
Governor State of Mississippi, 1968-1972.
The two greatest commandments are to "love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with your entire mind" and to "love your neighbor as yourself."
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1941-1944. Member Mississippi State Bar Association, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans. Mason (32 degree).
Married Elizabeth Ann Wells, October 12, 1944. Children: Marcia Elizabeth, John Bell, Kelly Wells.