At Varner and Bell Reunions pictures you see very few Afro-Americans. In our formative years , by law, we lived in
a segregated society. We did not know
much about black or "colored" people back then. Fred Williamsons gave us
an education. He worked at Varners. He was not humble, he looked you in the eye
as an equal when he talked to you. He
was hyper and witty. I never heard a
crossed word about Fred. He taught us
young people that hung around Varners that he was just as good as we were, or thought we were.
Fred worked at Lockheed forever and when Varner's closed he worked part time at the Junior Varsity in Atlanta, until it closed.
Here is Fred and his lovely wife at the first Varner Reunion
April 25, 2009. I don't remember seeing them last year, I hope they make it this year.
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