ATLANTA -- Funeral arrangements were being made for Q.V. Williamson, a civil rights leader and the first black member of the Atlanta Board of Alderman.
Williamson, 66, died Sunday of respiratory failure at Crawford Long Hospital, where he had been hospitalized for 10 days.
His funeral will be at Allen Temple AME Church but no time had been set early Monday.
Born in Atlanta on Dec. 25, 1918, Quentin V. Williamson was elected in 1965 to the board of aldermen, which preceded the Atlanta City Council. He was the first black member of the board since Reconstruction.
City Council President Marvin Arrington remembered Williamson Monday as his mentor and a man who was 'deeply committed to the city' during his 16 years of public service.
'He will be remembered as one of the giants in the black community,' said Arrington, who planned to ask for a moment of silence at Monday's city council meeting to pay tribute to his former colleague.
Williamson's survivors include two daughters, Quennetta Thomas and Maria Montina Johnson, both of Atlanta; and a son, Quentin V. Williamson Jr., of Atlanta.
