A little love was spread on Valentine’s Day Wednesday, as a life well-lived was recognized another time — for its longevity, its wide-ranging impact and the indelible mark left in its wake.
Coharie Country Club staple George Thomas Williams passed away in October 2023 at the age of 106. On Wednesday, Allie Ray McCullen, a Clinton businessman and former member of the Board of Trustees at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, along with David Boliek, current UNC trustee and immediate past chair of the trustees board, along with many others in tow, visited Williams’ home and read a resolution adopted by the trustees in honor of beloved alum Williams.
“We as a board decided we would take up one more opportunity to honor him,” said Boliek, who read the resolution adopted at the UNC trustees last meeting. He thanked Williams’ wife of 49 years, Linda, on behalf of UNC-Chapel Hill, noting Williams’ “fantastic service” as well as acknowledging her role in that. “Nobody can do anything in this world without help.”