• Age: 91
• Interview Date: 11/5/1984
• Interviewer: Elizabeth K. Dixon, University of Illinois at Springfield
• Interview Length: 509 minutes Sit Down Interview
• County: Jackson
• Marie South Williams was born in De Soto, Illinois in 1893. Marie was raised by her grandmother, attended college, started teaching and married Frank Williams, a coal miner who lost his job during the Great Depression.

Marie South Williams and her Brother Ben, circa 1915