Huntington Williams Jr.

Williams was born on October 27, 1925, in Albany, New York, the son of Huntington Williams, a doctor and future Baltimore Health Commissioner, and Mary Camilla McKim.[1] He was educated at Calvert School and Gilman School, before matriculating at Harvard College in 1943. He then served with the 87th Infantry Division during WWII, notably during the Battle of the Bulge. He was also involved in the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp. After the war, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Infantryman Badge. He returned to Harvard and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1949. Afterwards, he enrolled at the Virginia Theological Seminary and graduated with a Master of Divinity in 1952.[2]

Williams was ordained deacon in June 1952, and priest in January 1953 by Bishop Noble C. Powell of Maryland. His first post, in 1952, was as curate at St Thomas' Church in Owings Mills, Maryland, before becoming assistant at St George's Church in New York City in 1954.[3] Between 1956 and 1963, he served as rector of St Timothy's Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and between 1963 and 1990 served as rector of St Peter's Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.[4]

Williams was elected Suffragan Bishop of North Carolina in 1990 and was consecrated on April 28, 1990 by Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning, in Duke Chapel.[5] He retired in February 1996.[6] Williams died on January 28, 2013 at The Stewart Health Centre of The Cypress in Charlotte, North Carolina.