Auxiliary past National Commander Thelma Sites Williamson dies.Thelma Sites Williamson, 90, of Ft. Belvoir, Va., died Monday Nov. 28, 2005. Ms. Williamson served as Auxiliary National Commander for the 1976-77 membership year and later as Auxiliary National Historian. She was also a U.S. Navy veteran, who applied and was accepted to Officer Candidate School for the Navy. She entered Naval service The Naval Service is the naval branch of the British Armed Forces, which includes civilian agencies under the control of the Navy Board. According to the Queen's Regulations for the Royal Navy, it consists of:
Thelma met Major Edwin A. Williamson, a disabled World War II veteran, in 1947 while visiting New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Major Williamson and Lt. j.g. Thelma Sites were married at Fort Myer This article is about an Army post in Virginia. For a city in Florida, see Fort Myers, Florida. Fort Myer is a U.S. Army post adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. Chapel in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 23, 1949. A charter life member of Unit 10, Arlington, Va., Thelma held most elected and appointed offices in her Auxiliary Unit and the State Department of Virginia. "One has but to look at the life of PNC PNC Purdue University North Central (Westville, Indiana) PnC Point 'n Click PNC Police National Computer PNC People's National Congress (Guyana) PNC People's National Congress Williamson to see what an extraordinary person she was," Auxiliary National Commander Judy M. Steinhouse said. "She was an excellent student, the valedictorian of her 1932 high school class; a Navy officer who served honorably for seven years until leaving the Navy to give birth to the first of three sons; a caring mother and dedicated spouse; a school teacher; and an exemplary Auxiliary leader and example for generations of Auxiliary members. We celebrate her life and mourn her passing." Thelma was born, Nov. 23, 1915, in Spring Creek A spring creek is a stream that flows from a spring. Spring Creek may refer to any of the following specific places:
For the public-policy college at Michigan State University, see . and Duke University, where she earned a masters degree in English literature English literature, literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British Isles; it was during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its modern form. in 1942. During World War II, she served as a commissioned officer in the Navy in New York City and Washington, D.C. Her military service included staff member at Hunter College, the Naval Training School for enlisted WAVES, and she was one of the officers in charge of troop train movements nationwide. She also worked at the Board of Decorations and Medals while assigned to Washington, D.C. Thelma is survived by her three sons, Allen, Steve and John Williamson, and six grandchildren. |
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