Officer Down Memorial Page

To my cousin, Sgt. Oliver Devard Williamson, son of Luther Williamson and Lucy Adcock Williamson, you will live forever in the hearts and minds of those of us passionate about family history. We honor your service. I remember the night you were killed in the historic 1952 tornado while you were serving in Roellen near Dyersburg, Tennessee. I was a mere child, but remember that my grandfather Benjamin Blackmon Parrish and my uncle Ernest Parrish were going to Dyersburg to ascertain the needs of my grandfather's brother, William Daniel "Tucker" Parrish who was an employee of the Tennessee State Department of Transportation. They had to turn around at Roellen and come back to Medina because the roads were impassable. Little did we know that your life was taken while you were on duty that fateful and devastating evening. God bless you. There are those of us who remember.
Patricia Parrish-Lewis
Dialysis R.N.
Humboldt, TN

Patricia Parrish-Lewis, R.N.
Cousin
January 6, 2012

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