Howard Williams was a quarry worker under
Walker Hancock
who was working on the rigging crew for the
carving
.
(L to R)
Howard Williams
,
George Weiblen
,
Walker Hancock
In 1966, Williams and
Charlie Tucker
were working on the scaffolding when one of the boards on which Williams was standing slipped unexpectedly. Williams fell four hundred feet to his death, striking the head of
Stonewall Jackson
on the way.
Other carving crew casualties included
Thomas Melvin Kennedy
in 1927 and
Nelson Wilborn
in 1971.
