J.
Herbert Williams Foundation
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J. Herbert was born in a rural, sharecropping family in 1898. He was denied a formal education beyond the third grade when his frustrated father deserted the family, and he suddenly became the man of the house for his grandmother, mother, and three sisters. He plowed the farm and cut timber for railroad cross ties from dusk to dawn. He was not bitter and never voiced the complaint of abuse. His constant goal in life was to improve himself by associating with progressive families who owned land, had trades, and/or education. Viola Faust Shepard belonged to one of these families, and J. Herbert married her in 1922 because of her outer and inner beauty. They worked and prayed together for over fifty-four years of marriage and were in a position to send seven children to college. The lives of J. Herbert and Viola intertwined into a baton of HOPE that was passed on to their children and many others. It was because of the visions of these two great people that the Foundation was chartered in Pennsylvania in 1989 and is now a charitable organization. It has as its goal to raise funds to give scholarships to underprivileged meritorious students who are in pursuit of a higher education. These students will be encouraged to become productive participants in life and to advance themselves by NETWORKING through this website which is sponsored and organized by the Foundation.
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The Foundation was named to commemorate J. Herbert Williams Sr. because of
the leadership roles he played in his family, church, and community. He gained
high respect because he pursued high, but unselfish goals with prayer,
perseverance, and industry.