WILLIAM,S MUM DIED GIVING BIRTH TO HIM AND HE WAS BROUGHT UP BY HIDAD AND AUNT SISSY AND UNCLE JOCK HE HAD 2 SISTERS NELLIE AND LIZZIE AND ONE BROTHER JAMES, HE WORKED FOR W. REILLY BOOKMAKERS IN WISHAW HILL AND WENT ON TO BECOME A STEEL ERRECTOR AND PILER HE ALSO DID HIS SERVICE IN THE ARMY IN BURMAGH TO WHICH HE SAW A LOT OF HORROR SIGHTS TO WHICH WOULD REDUCE HIM TO TEARS MANY TIMES.HE MET AND MARRIED HIS SWEETHEART RITA CUNNINGHAM.AND WENT ON TO HAVE 13 WONDERFULL CHILDREN WHO ADORED HIM AND STILL DO.HIS WIFE DIED IN 1987 AFTER ALONG BATTLE WITH DIEBETES ATER LOSING HER TOE AND THEN HER LEG WHICH WAS A SHOCK TO HER AS SHE ONLY SURVIVED 10 MONTH AS SHE COULDNT BEAR OTHER PEOPLE DOING SO MUCH FOR HER.SO AT REST TOGETHER SAFE IN THE HANDS OF JESUS.