C.O. Williamson, Jr., EA, MBA, RFC (August 15, 1946-October 17, 2023) The 40th Anniversary of his 37th Birthday aka Age 77

Born in New York City to Clarence O'Berry Williamson Sr. & Ivy Rose Byron Williamson (later remarried as Ivy Rose Byron Yates to Lee Yates), C.O. Williamson Jr. as he preferred to be called was a loving member of both family and community. C.O. entered the workforce in New York and New Jersey finding success with companies like Xerox, Merrill Lynch, and the New York Stock Exchange. Education was an important and sustaining theme theme in his life. C.O. attended Temple School of Law in Philadelphia, New York School of Finance in New York City ultimately earning his MBA from the Olin School of Business in the graduate school at Washington University. He completed this degree in 1986 and soon decide to return home to Greensboro not long after the passing of his grandmother, Stella Maude Wiggins Byron. He returned to his family church, St James Presbyterian Church, where he served faithfully in multiple capacities financial and otherwise.

He will be missed by his family members including the Williamson, Byron, Berkley families, and their extended families. In Lieu of flowers the families ask that donations be made to St. James Presbyterian Church 820 Ross Ave. Greensboro, NC 27406 with a memo earmarking it for a C.O. Williamson Memorial Fund to be created..

Funeral service will be held Tuesday, October 24, 2023 12pm St. James Presbyterian Church 820 Ross Ave. Greensboro, NC. 11:30am Visitation. Burial will follow at Carolina Biblical Gardens 5710 Riverdale Dr. Jamestown, NC.