Background
Williams, Samuel Clay was born on September 24, 1884 in Mooresville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Willie Ada (McCulloch) Williams.
Williams, Samuel Clay was born on September 24, 1884 in Mooresville, North Carolina, United States. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Willie Ada (McCulloch) Williams.
Bachelor of Arts, Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1905. Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1908. Doctor of Laws, Davidson College, 1941.
Admitted to North Carolina bar, 1908, and began practice at Greensboro. Member Sapp and Williams, 1910-1914, Brooks, Sapp and Williams, 1914-1917. Moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1917.
Assistant general counsel R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, 1917-1921, general counsel, 1921-1925, vice-president and general counsel, 1923-1931, president, 1931-1934, vice chairman of board, 1931-1935, Chairman of the Board since 1935. Director Security Life & Trust Company, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Director United States Chamber of Commerce, 1937-1939. Director Vice-President National Association Manufacturers, 1936-1938.
On leave of absence, served as chairman for industry of National Labor Board, 1933-1934, chairman National Industrial Recovery Board, September 1934-March 1935. Member business advisory council of Department of Commerce since 1933, chairman 1934.
Member of the board and Executive Committee, trustee National Industrial Conference, Chairman of the Board, 1943-1944. Trustee Davidson College. Member American and North Carolina State Bar Associations, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Delta Phi, Beta Theta Pi.
Clubs: Rotary, Twin City, Forsyth Country.
Married LuTelle Sherrill, November 23, 1910. Children: Margaret Sherrill (Mistress Thornton H. Brooks), Samuel Clay.