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Williamsburg Funeral Home
Williamsburg Funeral Home
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11/03/1936 – 05/29/2020
Kingstree
Funeral Services
An additional graveside memorial service will be conducted at 11 AM Tuesday, August 4, 2020, in Williamsburg Cemetery.
Memorials
Memorial donations may be made to Wakefield UMC, P.O. Box 86, Wakefield, VA 23888. Condolences may be posted at www.williamsburgfuneralhome.com.
William “Bill” Marshall Frierson, Jr., 83, of Wakefield passed away on Friday, May 29, 2020, at Northampton Convalescent & Rehabilitation Center, Hampton, VA. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Kathy Duffy Frierson. Born November 3, 1936, in Kingstree, SC, he was the son of the late William Marshall Frierson, Sr., and Cathryn Lane Frierson. Bill was an active member of the Wakefield United Methodist Church and the Prince George Senior Men’s Golf Association.
He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1955 to 1959. He was stationed at Yuma AFB, AZ, and Tyndall AFB, FL, as a Public Information Specialist (Airman First Class) and as editor of the base newspapers, leading to his service as a civil servant, for the Department of Defense, culminating as Public Affairs Officer, Naval Air Station/Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD. He retired in 1989 after 29 years of service to his country.
Besides his wife, he is survived by his children, Monty Frierson of Chandler, AZ; Michael Duffy and wife Laura of Colorado Springs, CO; Michelle Gates and husband “PJ”of Chesapeake, VA; James Frierson of Virginia Beach, VA; nine grandchildren; siblings, Fay Martin of Raleigh, NC; and Dr. Ernest Frierson and wife Beth of St. Petersburg, FL.
An additional graveside memorial service will be conducted at 11 AM Tuesday, August 4, 2020, in Williamsburg Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Wakefield UMC, P.O. Box 86, Wakefield, VA 23888. Condolences may be posted at www.williamsburgfuneralhome.com.
My thoughts and condolences to Kathy. Fay and Ernest and your families. Billy was a great guy – and always looked up to. He was just a few years older but I remember him well as we played pick up baseball on the Palmetto League Field on summer days in Kingstree and particularly that he was always helpful and kind to younger guys – taking time to help them with the basics. I also remember his working with his Mom and Dad in Mr. William’s grocery. The world, along with our family as lost a kind and good man.
I met Bill at Emory, in 1951, where we both were members of the ATO fraternity. Bill’s family lived in Decatur, GA, on the Agnes Scott campus where his dad was professor of chemistry at the college. Bill and I became good friends and his mom, the gracious…and kind… Southern lady she was, would invite me to share a meal with the family. Those meals were welcomed reprieves and set me and other “brothers” up for home cooking in place of cafeteria delicacies. Being from south Florida, 650 miles was a trek to get home cooking. Mrs. Frierson to the rescue!
As is the case, all-too-often, friendships suffer from corporate moves and interest changes and that ever-present necessity of earning a living and raising and feeding families. Providence, however, grants us human-types the faculty of remembering, assuming, of course our “rememberer” hasn’t fled with other attributes as the birthdays keep coming and coming and coming….
I well-remember Bill. We all are often not fortunate enough to cross paths with and well-remember a Bill Frierson. A blessing, of sorts.
I well-remember WMF.