Minnie Williams

MINNIE PEARL WILLIAMS, AGE 84, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AR HOME SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013 SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY. SHE WAS BORN IN GREENE COUNTY NOVEMBER 05, 1928 TO THE LATE DANIEL GUSTA WALSTON AND NANNIE WALSTON TAYLOR. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND CLARENCE MITCHELL WILLIAMS SR. WHO DIED MARCH 18, 2005; BROTHERS, DALTON, RUNIE, EDWARDS, CARL, T.D., AND GUY WALSTON; AND SISTERS, LOUISE RANES, MARTHA JONES AND MARIE JOHNSON.
SPENDING MOST OF HER LIFE IN ROCKY MOUNT. MINNIE ATTENDED BASSETT SCHOOL, ROCKY MOUNT SENIOR HIGH AND WASHINGTON LEE HIGH SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON DC FOR ONLY A YEAR WHERE SHE LOVED PARTICIPATING IN THE MARCHING BAND AND BEING A MEMBER OF THE TAU ALPHA CHI SORORITY. AFTER MOVING BACK TO ROCKY MOUNT, MINNIE STUDIED AT THE CAROLINA SCHOOL OF COMMERCE BUSINESS.
MINNIE WORKED AT COMER OIL COMPANY, GULF DISTRIBUTOR FOR 26 YEARS. MINNIE AND HER HUSBAND MITCHELL STARTED WILLIAMS AND LAMM ELECTRICAL COMPANY WHERE SHE SERVED AS COPORATE SECRETARY FOR 37 YEARS.
A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, MINNIE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ALTRUSA CLUB AND THE RED HAT SOCIETY. SHE ENJOYED MANT LUNCHES WITH HER “JUGS” (JUST US GIRLS) AND HER HIGH SCHOOL SUPPER CLUB. CLASS OF 47.
A LOVING, GENEROUS AND CARING PERSON, MINNIE HELPED MANY FRIENDS AND CHARITIES THROUGHTOUT THE YEARS.
MINNIE IS SURVIVED BY HER SON, CLARENCE MITCHELL WILLIAMS JR. (WIFE); GRANDCHILDREN, DEBORAH WILLIAMS, SCOTTY MITCHELL WILLIAMS (MICHELLE) AND BRANDLEY WILLIAMS; GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, RANDY CONNER, EMILY WILLIAMS, AUSTIN WILLIAMS AND THOMAS EZZELL. ALSO SURVIVING ARE SISTERS, SYBIL BUNN AND DORA HAGGARD (FRANK) OF ROCKY MOUNT; SISTERS-IN-LAW, JEWEL WILLIAMS AND GISELA WALSTON; AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
THA FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES 11:00AM TO 1:00PM THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013 AT WHEELER AND WOODLIEF FUNERAL HOME. A SERVICE TO REMEMBER MINNIE WILL BE HELD IN THE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL AT 1:00PM WITH REVEREND DR. FRANK HAGGARD AND REV. TOM GREENER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO DR. DOUG SLATER, DONNA AND STAFF AND ALSO TO IVA MAE LAWRENCE FOR THE CARE AND SUPPORT SHOWN TO MINNIE.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO BOYS AND GIRLS HOME SCHOOL, P.O. BOX 127, LAKE WACCAMAW NC 28450 OR THE UNITED METHODIST RETIREMENT HOME, 100 HICKORY STREET, GREENVILLE NC 27858.
ARRANGEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO WHEELER AND WOODLIEF FUNERAL HOME, 1130 N. WINSTEAD AVENUE, ROCKY MOUNT NC 27804. YOU MAY SHARE MEMORIES AND CONDOLENCES WITH THE FAMILY BY VISITING WWW.WHEELERWOODLIEF.COM.