Melissa Powell Williams

MELISSA POWELL WILLIAMS, 49, WENT HOME TO BE WITH HER LORD AND SAVIOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011. SHE WAS BORN, APRIL 10, 1962 IN NASH COUNTY TO THE LATE CLARENCE HUEBNER POWELL AND HAZEL HERRING POWELL. MELISSA WAS A LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, AND SISTER, WHO HAD A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR, LOVE, AND COMPASSION. SHE LOVED TO COOK, WATCH MOVIES, AND WAS VERY GIVING OF HERSELF. MELISSA WAS GENEROUS THROUGH LOVE AND SUPPORT TO ANYONE IN NEED, ALWAYS WILLING TO LEND A HELPING HAND. SHE WAS A FRIEND TO EVERYONE AND HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL TRULY MISS HER.
SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY HER HUSBAND OF 28 YEARS GREG WILLIAMS; HER SON GREGORY “TOLSTON” WILLIAMS AND SPECIAL FRIEND LAUREN WADDELL; MOTHER-IN-LAW ERLEE WILLIAMS; BROTHER STEVE POWELL AND WIFE ROBIN; FOUR SISTERS, BEVERLY WEIGLE AND HUSBAND RANDY, MARGARET WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND ROSSIE, JANIE WEAVER AND HUSBAND SCOTT, AND MAZIE HOLLOMAN AND HUSBAND ROD; BROTHER-IN-LAW RONALD WILLIAMS; ALONG WITH MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS ALL OF ROCKY MOUNT. HER BROTHERS-IN-LAW CHARLES WILLIAMS AND WIFE DEBBI OF BATTLEBORO, NC, PHILLIP WILLIAMS OF WANCHESE, NC AND DONALD WILLIAMS AND WIFE STERLING OF JACKSONVILLE, NC.
VISITATION WILL BE HELD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 FROM 7-9PM AT CORNERSTONE FUNERAL HOME. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011 AT 2PM AT SUNSET AVE. BAPTIST CHURCH WITH DR. REV. ROBIN FISHER AND REV. DANIEL MOSS OFFICIATING. ENTOMBMENT AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK WILL FOLLOW THE SERVICE. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE MADE TO NASH AUTISM SEEKING HOPE, 5441 WEST MOUNT DRIVE, NASHVILLE, NC 27856 OR MY SISTERS HOUSE, PO BOX 7665, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804.