Conflict Upsets Williams’ Youngest Daughter

Ted Williams’ youngest daughter expressed anguish Sunday about the legal wrangling over her father’s remains.

Speaking publicly for the first time since the baseball great’s death July 5, Claudia Williams said some media accounts have been “terribly hurtful, and simply not true.”

“Our family’s actions in the days since my father’s passing have been motivated by our abiding love and devotion for our father and our grief and anguish at his passing,” she said in a statement.

“Please respect our family’s privacy and the difficult decisions we must make during this time as we do our best to honor my father’s wishes.”

Williams, 30, did not indicate where she stood on the issue.

John Henry Williams, 33, has sent his father’s body to an Arizona lab to be frozen, a move that set off a fight with his half sister over what to do with the remains of the last man to hit .400.

Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, 54, says her father wanted to be cremated and have his ashes scattered over the Florida Keys.

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