Services for Louise Mae Williams, 87, of Palestine will be at 2:30
p.m. Saturday at South Union Baptist Church with the Revs. Albert W.
Holmes and T.L. Dilworth officiating. Burial will be in Memorial
Cemetery under the direction of Davis Funeral Home. Mrs. Williams
died Thursday at Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 3, 1903,
in Jefferson to Clifton and Laura Gooch Jefferson. Mrs. Williams
attended school in Marshall. She united at an early age with
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Jefferson, and upon moving to
Palestine joined West Union Baptist Church. Upon her marriage
she united with South Union Baptist Church, where she remained a
member until her death. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Order
of the Eastern Star Naomi Chapter No. 50, and the Heroines of
Jericho, Price of Palestine, Court No. 459. She sponsored
benefit teas for many years for the Christmas Cheer Fund. Mrs.
Williams was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Williams.
She is survived by cousins William H. Dailey of Moreno Valley,
Calif., and Dorothy Tillie of Marshall. |