Lawyer Says Williams Asked to Be Cremated

INVERNESS, Fla. —  Ted Williams asked in his will to be cremated and have his ashes scattered over his old fishing spots in the Florida Keys, the lawyer for a daughter of the baseball great said Tuesday.

John Heer, attorney for Bobby-Jo Ferrell, said lawyers for Williams’ estate told him about the contents of the will. Heer hadn’t seen the will.

The daughter has accused her half brother, John Henry Williams, of moving their father’s body from a Florida funeral home to the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Ariz., where bodies are frozen.

John Henry Williams has said he wants to preserve their father’s DNA, perhaps to sell it. He has not returned repeated calls seeking comment.

The estate lawyers planned to file the will later this week and ask a judge to decide if Williams’ body should be cremated or frozen.

Pam Price and Bill Boyles, attorneys for Williams’ estate, didn’t return phone calls.

Williams, a former Boston Red Sox star and the last major leaguer to hit .400 in a season, died Friday in Florida at age 83.

Ferrell’s husband, Mark, said Tuesday that John Williams first proposed the idea of freezing the Hall of Famer’s body more than a year ago.

Mark Ferrell denied reports that his wife was estranged from her father. He said she had a falling out with her half brother over what to do with their father’s body.