Background
Williamson, William Allen was born on July 29, 1933 in Dossville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Donald Wodsworth and Ruth Beatrice (Doss) Williamson.
Williamson, William Allen was born on July 29, 1933 in Dossville, Mississippi, United States. Son of Donald Wodsworth and Ruth Beatrice (Doss) Williamson.
Associate of Arts, Northwest Junior College, Senatobia, Mississippi, 1952; OD, Southern College Optometry, Memphis, 1956.
Private practice optometry, Greenville, Mississippi, 1959-1997. Retired
Chairman Advisory Committee to Medicaid, Mississippi, 1972-1975.
Member Mississippi Blind & Deaf Board Trustees, 1974-1976. Charter member Optomist Club, Greenville, Mississippi, 1964. President Washington County Association Retarded Citizens, Greenville, 1981-1983, S.O.S. Retarded Workshop, Inc., Greenville, 1985-1987, Christian Mission Concerns of Mississippi, Greenville, 1987-1989.
First lieutenant United States Army, 1956-1959. Member American Optometric Association (legislation keyman 1971-1972), Mississippi Optometric Association (legislation chairman 1973-1974), Masons (32 degree), Shriners, Elks.
Married Martha Pearl Taylor, March 28, 1959. Children: Lamar Arthur, William Allen, Donna Taylor.