| | In 1943, Cramer enlisted in the [[United States Navy]]. With his degree, he was commissioned as a gunnery officer and fought to liberate France during [[World War II]]. After the war, he served in the Navy Reserve until 1946. That same year, Cramer graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the [[University of North Carolina]] in Chapel Hill. In 1948, he graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambrid | | In 1943, Cramer enlisted in the [[United States Navy]]. With his degree, he was commissioned as a gunnery officer and fought to liberate France during [[World War II]]. After the war, he served in the Navy Reserve until 1946. That same year, Cramer graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the [[University of North Carolina]] in Chapel Hill. In 1948, he graduated from [[Harvard Law School]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambrid |
| − | Cramer married the former Alice Jones (1930-2004) of Dothan, [[Alabama]], the daughter of Clifton V. and Myrtle G. Jones and a graduate of [[Auburn University]] and the International Institute of Interior Design in [[Washington, D.C.]] She was an interior designer licensed to practice in Florida, a watercolor artist, and a Republican women's activist. Before divorcing years later, the Cramers had three sons, William, Jr. (born 1952) (wife Carolyn Thomas Cramer).<ref>{{cite web|url=Alice Cramer Obituary (2004) - Birmingham, AL - The Birmingham News|title=Alice Cramer obituary|publisher='The Birmingham News''|date=February 17, 2004|accessdate=March 15, 2021}}</ref> In the early 1990s, Cramer married the former Sarah Ellen Bromelow, previously Sarah Hilber (born 1942). | + | Cramer married the former Alice Jones (1930-2004) of Dothan, [[Alabama]], the daughter of Clifton V. and Myrtle G. Jones and a graduate of [[Auburn University]] and the International Institute of Interior Design in [[Washington, D.C.]] She was an interior designer licensed to practice in Florida, a watercolor artist, and a Republican women's activist. Before divorcing years later, the Cramers had three sons, William, Jr. (born 1952) (wife Carolyn Thomas Cramer).<ref>Alice Cramer Obituary, 'The Birmingham News,'' February 17, 2004, accessed March 15, 2021.</ref> In the early 1990s, Cramer married the former Sarah Ellen Bromelow, previously Sarah Hilber (born 1942). |