It is with deep regret to report the recent passing of Woodie G. Williams, Sr., early Wednesday morning on September 23, 2015 at the Walnut Nursing Facility in Austin, Texas. Mr. Williams was the first African-American Vice President of JP Morgan Bank, the first African-American New York District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration and later became the Director of Urban Affairs of the New York Dormitory Authority. He graduated from Texas Southern University and the New York Institute of Finance and was a lifetime member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Mr. Williams is survived by his former wife, Ruth "Silky" Waters; two sons, Woodie, Jr. and Wade G. Williams; one daughter, Cheralyn Overton Lane; two grand-daughters, Ruth Ann Williams and Lydia Nicole Jefferson; and one grandson, Woodie G. Williams, III; a sister and brother and a host of relatives and friends
