Gilbert Williams Jr

Gilbert Terrance Terry Williams Jr., former Ponca City resident, passed away May 18, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was 24. Terry was born January 19, 1985 in Anchorage, Alaska, the son of Gilbert Terrance Williams Sr. and Nettie Jean Buffalohead Williams. He received his early education in the Union Elementary School, West Jr. High and Ponca City High School. Terry was employed as a bike messenger for the various businesses in Minneapolis. He was also a noted bike mechanic and had possessed a love for bicycles since childhood. His enjoyments were bicycling around the Mississippi River, visiting bike shops and had recently taken up the guitar. He was a longtime participant in the Alley Cat Bike Races. Terry is survived by his father, Gilbert Terrance Williams Sr., San Francisco, California; his mother, Nettie Jean Williams, Ponca City; his fiance, Lindsay Kocka, Minneapolis, Minnesota; two sisters, Janece Williams Richard, of Alaska, and Nikisha Esther Bryanna Cooper, Ponca City; two uncles, Harley Buffalohead and Victor Buffalohead; two aunts, Joan Buffalohead and Laura Buffalohead; numerous other, cousins, extended family and friends. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Joseph Williams and Minell Newby; his maternal grandparents, Esther Parker Buffalohead and Melvin Buffalohead; three uncles, Matthew Buffalohead, Dale Buffalohead and Thurman Buffalohead. Prayer services will be held Friday and Saturday evenings at the Ponca Indian Full Gospel Church. A noon meal will be served on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at the church with the funeral to follow at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Ponca Indian Tribal Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Casket bearers will be Ryan Buffalohead, Dennis Buffalohead, Matthew Buffalohead Jr., Tommy Buffalohead, Pete Buffalohead and Deahonga Littlewalker. Honorary casket bearers will be Harley Buffalohead, Victor Buffalohead, Jason Buffalohead, Jarod Buffalohead and Tina Rhodd.