"Death of a Salesman"
Posted by John McCall and Mitch Parker On 2016/7/19 11:36:01
Here is a watercolor I did to document the death of Valdosta Packard dealer John Williams. I hope someone on this site can help me find a way to post it to the dealer album I have contributed to. Requests from the webmaster have gone unanswered.
John Williams died in the fall of 1956. I was fortunate to know his widow, Natalie. She gave me several mementos from the dealership, but she also shared many stories. When Mr. Williams lay on his death bed, he instructed Miss Natalie to make sure that he wasn't carried to the cemetery in a Cadillac. Fortunately, Carson-MacLean still had a 51 Packard Henney. In the distance you can see Miss Natalie's Adriatic Blue and Danube Blue Patrician (with factory air). She drove this car for several more years before eventually buying a "Brand X." Also parked near is a 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. This is merely conjecture, but I can bet that the "competition" came to pay his respects.
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John Williams died in the fall of 1956. I was fortunate to know his widow, Natalie. She gave me several mementos from the dealership, but she also shared many stories. When Mr. Williams lay on his death bed, he instructed Miss Natalie to make sure that he wasn't carried to the cemetery in a Cadillac. Fortunately, Carson-MacLean still had a 51 Packard Henney. In the distance you can see Miss Natalie's Adriatic Blue and Danube Blue Patrician (with factory air). She drove this car for several more years before eventually buying a "Brand X." Also parked near is a 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. This is merely conjecture, but I can bet that the "competition" came to pay his respects.
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