Services for James Calvin Williams, age 81 of Dexter, will be held at 2:00PM on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Greg Lowery will officiate. The family will receive friends at the church from 1:00PM until funeral hour. Mr. Williams passed away on Monday, April 15, 2013. Calvin was born in Laurens County to the late Henry Virgil Williams and the late Ola Pearl Mullis Williams. He served in the United States Air Force Reserve and retired from Warner Robins Air Force Base. He also spent his life farming and was a past member of the Laurens Co. Cattleman's Association. Mr. Williams was honored to be presented awards for the Soil Conversationalist Man of the Year and the Top Peanut Grower of Laurens County. Calvin enjoyed his time working as Santa Clause at the Dublin Mall for over 20 years. He was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and was actively employed at the Laurens County Court House where he worked as a bailiff. His greatest love was for his family and for his country. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, R.H. Williams and Albert Williams; sister, Avis Wood and two grandchildren, Josh and Jennifer Butler. Survivors include his wife, Miriam Mullis Williams of Dexter; children, Debbie Griggers (Larry) of Locust Grove, James Calvin "Jay" Williams, Jr. (Stacey) of Cartersville, Mitzi Hester-Watson (Joel) of Dublin, Michelle Piper (Sid) of Augusta and Monty Hester (Michelle) of East Dublin; brother, Alvin Williams (Peggy) of Macon; sisters, Gladys Windham of Macon and Evelyn Greeson of Birmingham, AL; 17 grandchildren and great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Tom Wood, James Williams, Tony Greeson, Gary Williams, Mike Wood, Lynn Wood, Mike Engel and Larry Williams. Honorary pallbearers will be Cobie Hester and James Calvin Williams, III "Tripp". In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 40, Cadwell, GA 31009.