Bishop J. Floyd Williams was a native of Pitt County, North Carolina. He was a 1943 graduate of Franklin Springs Institute (Emmanuel College), Franklin Springs, Ga.

He became a licensed minister in the Pentecostal Holiness Church, North Carolina Conference in 1942 and was ordained in 1944. From 1943 until 1962, he pastored numerous churches in the N.C. Conference and served as Vice-President of the General Sunday School Convention and Assistant Superintendent of the N.C. Conference. In 1961, he was elected Assistant General Superintendent of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church and served as Director of the Department of Education.

In 1965, he was elected Vice-Chairman and served as Director of World Missions until 1969. In 1969, he was Ordained and Titled Bishop and served as General Superintendent until 1981.

He was a member of the National Association of Evangelicals and served on the Board of Administration and was a past President. He was a member of the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America and served as Chairman for 3 terms. He was a past executive member of Presidium in the World Pentecostal Fellowship and was a member of the World Relief Corporation.

Brother Williams died Sunday, March 27, 1994 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.