What is William Usery Jr.?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = W. J. Usery, Jr. |image = wjusery.jpg |office = [[United States Secretary of Labor]] |term_start = February 10, 1976 |term_end = January 20, 1977 |president = [[Gerald Ford]] |predecessor = [[John T. Dunlop]] |successor = [[F. Ray Marshall]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1923|12|21}} |birth_place = [[Hardwick, Baldwin County, Georgia|Hardwick]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2016|12|10|1923|12|21}} |death_place = [[Eatonton, Georgia|Eatonton]], Georgia, U.S. |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] |spouse = Gussie Mae Smith<br />(m. 1942-2005)<br />Frances Pardee<br />(m. 2006-2016) |alma_mater = [[Mercer University]] |profession = [[Government]] |religion = |signature = |website = |footnote = }} '''Willie Julian Usery, Jr.''' (December 21, 1923 &ndash; December 10, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] [[trade union|labor union]] activist and [[United States|U.S.]] government politician. He served as [[United States Secretary of Labor]] in the [[Gerald Ford|Ford]] administration from 1976 until 1977. Usery, Jr., died on December 10, 2016 in [[Eatonton, Georgia|Eatonton]], Georgia from [[heart failure]], aged 92.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mooresfuneralhome.com/home/index.cfm/obituaries/view/fh_id/10365/id/4036543|title=Obituary for W.J. (Bill) Usery, Jr. at Moores Funeral Home & Crematory}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{USSecLabor}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Usery, William, Jr.}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of Labor]] [[Category:American activists]] [[Category:Politicians from Georgia (U.S. state)]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}