Pertis Herman Williams, Jr.
- Educated in Brookhaven Public School system but spent Senior year in Lansing, Michigan with grandparents
- Graduated J. W. Sexton High School, Class of 1966, Lansing, Michigan
- Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Alcorn State University, 1970
- Member of Alcorn Braves Football team and Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity
- First African American to be elected to public office in Brookhaven (along with J.W. Morgan and Percy Rauls, Jr.)
- Elected to Board of Alderman in 1977, serving people of Ward 3
- Attended Gupton-Jones School of Mortuary Science in Atlanta, Georgia
- Managed Williams Mortuary with his mother
- President of the NAACP
- Civil Rights Activist promoting equal rights
