UPDATE, 12 p.m.
According to the Houston County Fire Department, funeral arrangements have been set for Williams.
Visitation, for friends and family, will be held at McCullough Funeral Home on South Houston Lake Road in Warner Robins on Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m.
A second visitation for friends and colleagues coming from outside the Warner Robins area will be held on Friday at Second Baptist Church on Moody Road from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The funeral service will be held at Second Baptist Church following the visitation on Friday at 2 p.m., and burial will follow that at Magnolia Park Cemetery on South Pleasant Hill Road.
According to the Assistant Chief Stoner, Williams moved to Warner Robins from Blackshear, Georgia when he was two. He went to Macon State College, and started as a volunteer firefighter in 1982.
He became assistant emergency management director in 1989 and was promoted to director and fire chief in 1994.
Williams was a dedicated member of the Georgia Fire Chiefs Association and served as their first vice president up until he passed. He was also a treasurer with them for 14 years.
He also served on a number of councils and committees including the Area IV All Hazards Council, the Region F Healthcare Coalition, the Regional Mutual Aid Task Force,the Safety Committee for Houston County and the school system and several others.
Williams married his high school sweetheart and has two sons, age 21 and 16, and was an active member at Second Baptist Church.
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Houston County's longtime fire chief died Tuesday morning after a battle with cancer.
Chief Jimmy Williams died around 6:30 a.m. at Perry Hospital's hospice unit, according to Assistant Fire Chief Chris Stoner.
Williams announced last year that he was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
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He'd been with the fire department for 36 years, and chief and EMA director for 24.
Stoner told 13WMAZ that he and fellow firefighters were escorting Williams' body to the McCullough Funeral Home.
No funeral arrangements have been set.