The Life and Legend of a Polio Victim

Dr. Cliff Williams Was Born In Yazoo City Mississippi. At Age Eighteen Months He Was Stricken With Polio. He Had Corrective Surgery When He Was About Five Years Old. Dr Williams Attended St. Francis Elementary And High School Yazoo City Mississippi. After High School He Had The Second Surgery On His Right Foot And Later Was Fitted With A Leg Brace. The Next Year He Had The Third Surgery Again On The Right Foot. He Kept The Faith And Attended Mississippi Vocational College Itta Bena Mississippi Where He Earned The Bachelor Of Science Degree In Business Education. Later He Attended The University Of Cincinnati Cincinnati Ohio Where He Earned The Masters Degree In Business Education. He Also Earned The Doctorate Degree In Business Education With A Cognate Area In Organizational Behavior Management At The University Of Houston Houston Texas. Dr. Williams Spent One Year In St. Louis Missouri And Worked As A Teletype Operator For The Third District Police Department. He Returned To Mississippi And Taught School At Obannon High School Greenville Mississippi For Two Years. After The Last Year At Obannon He Accepted A Position To Teach Business Subjects At Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena Mississippi. He Was Employed There For Thirty-Five Years. During This Time He Was Married To Ms. Catherine Williams And He Is The Father Of Two Children. Tragedy Struck In His Life As His Brother-In-Law Was Killed Gangland Style In Chicago Illinois. Another Brother-In-Law Was Killed During A Robbery While He Was Working In A Convenience Store In Houston Texas. Later His Auntie Died From Emphysema And His Father Had A Fatal Heart Attack. All Of This Occurred Within A Span Of Two Years. He Had Gotten Numerous Articles Published In The Clarion Ledger A Jackson Mississippi Based Newspaper And Had Published A Book. Dr. Williams Retired In 1999 And Since Has Served On Numerous Boards. He Also Served As Vice President Of The Mississippi Valley State Alumni Association Humphreys County Chapter And Is Currently Serving As The Vice President Of The Retired Education Personnel Association Humphreys County Chapter. He Has Been Able To Take Family Vacations To Places Like Dayton Ohio Where They Visited The Air Force Museum. Noticeably Seen There Were The Airplanes That Were Used By Presidents Roosevelt Bush Senior And Bill Clinton. A Trip To Cape Canaveral Florida Resulted In A Tour Of The National Aeronautic Space Administration (Nasa). They Went To San Diego And Visited Other Cities Such As Lake Elsinore Alpine Los Angeles And Escondido. They Stayed At The Lawrence Welk Resort In Escondido California. While There They Went To Mexico. A Trip To Phoenix Arizona Resulted In A Trip To Old Town And The Titan Missel Silo. On A Tour They Saw George Mcgoverns Home And The Home Of Paul Harvey. One Year They Went To Little Rock Arkansas And Got A Chance To Visit The Bill Clinton Library. Another Noticeable Trip Was The One To Orlando Florida. They Visited The Believe It Or Not! Museum Universal Studios Epcot Center And Sea World.