Mr. Earle Williams, age 101, died Thursday afternoon.

“He passed away this afternoon,” said his nephew Bill Mooneyhan. “He had a full life and he was a happy man.”

Mooneyhand said funeral arrangements have not been finalized, but the family hopes to have a service on Sunday. An announcement with complete funeral plans is expected Friday.

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Williams, who was the mayor of West Columbia from 1955-to-1975, is a 1934 graduate of Brookland-Cayce High School. He earned letters in football, baseball and track at BC. He is in the school’s Hall-of-Fame for baseball. Williams, a veteran of World War II, also played Textile League Baseball for Mt. Vernon Mills, where he worked as a purchasing agent for 40 years.