801 Crawford Street
Office Hours (Except on Holidays)
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Churchland Branch
4934 High Street West
Office Hours
(Except Holidays)
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Send Correspondence to:
James L. “Jimmy” Williams
Portsmouth City Treasurer
801 Crawford St.
Portsmouth, VA 23704
williamsjl@portsmouthva.gov
Tel: 757-393-8651
Fax: 757-393-5095
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City Treasurer's Bio
James L. "Jimmy" Williams |
James L. "Jimmy" Williams, City
Treasurer
Elected and took office January
1, 1994.
Education:
Portsmouth Public Schools.
Graduated from Woodrow Wilson
High School; attended and
graduated from the University of
South Carolina, B.S. Business
Administration-Major Accounting;
University of Wisconsin-Graduate
School/The School for Bank
Administration-Major
Controllership; University of
Virginia, Weldon Cooper Center
For Public Service & School for
Continuing and Professional
Studies-Master Governmental
Treasurer Certification.
Employment:
NCR Corporation, Accounting and
Data Processing Sales
Representative; Ford Motor
Company-Accountant; Virginia
National/Sovran, and C&S/Sovran
Banks (Predecessors to Bank of
America) Senior Vice
President/Budget Director for
the respective Holding
Companies.
Community Service:
Centenary United Methodist
Church/ Administrative Board,
Sunday School Teacher; PTA
President; Youth Athletic Coach
& Administrator; Optimist Club;
Portsmouth Municipal Finance
Commission; Portsmouth School
Board; Portsmouth Basketball
Invitational Tournament/Past
Chairman; Southeastern Football
Officials
Association/Commissioner and
Official; Portsmouth Sports
Club, Past President and
Director; Virginia Sports Hall
of Fame, Past President and
Chairman of the Board;
Portsmouth Sports Foundation;
USC Letterman Gamecock Club, and Alumni
Associations; Fund Raiser-
American Heart Association; MDA,
and Judge – Relay for Life.
Awards:
Athletic (Football)
Scholarship/University of South
Carolina; Pi Kappa Alpha
Fraternity/Gold Chapter;
Shield and Diamond Society; Past President and Life Membership Optimist Club of Norfolk; Builders Community Award
presented by Western Branch
Lodge No 189; Sports Person of
the Year/Portsmouth Club; Sports
Club Member of the
Year/Portsmouth Sports Club;
Annual Sports Club Member of the
Year named in his Honor; Life
Member/Portsmouth Sports Club;
and Community Service Award
presented by The Treasurers
Association of the Year; the
Treasurers Association Office
Accreditation Award, and
Quarterly Department of the
Quarter Award presented by
Portsmouth City Manager.
Personal:
Married to Joan Rae Garthright
Williams (deceased January,
2009) would have been 50 years
June 6, 2009; Son Col. James
L. "Jay" Williams, Jr.
and wife Paige; Daughter
Janet W. Morrison, husband Rick, Five
Grandchildren, Merryn, "Trey",
and Olivia Williams, and Lindsey
and Lauren Slough; brother G.
Eugene Williams; sisters Audrey
L. Williams (deceased), Ruth W.
Cutchins (deceased), and parents
Mr. & Mrs. George E. Williams,
Sr. (deceased) |
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