CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Lois Fannon Williams, 17 Nov 2003 ----¤¤¤---- Lois Williams Mrs. Lois Fannon Williams, 77, Tipton Street, Elizabethton, died Monday, November 17, 2003 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Seminary (Lee County), Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Peter Bryant and Catherine Shuler Fannon. She was a 1944 graduate of Dryden High School, Dryden, Va. and attended Steed School of Business in Elizabethton. She had lived in Elizabethton since 1945. Mrs. Williams was a member of Oak Street Baptist Church for 57 years. She served as Sunday school secretary for 40 years until November 1, 2003. She was church secretary for 21 years until her retirement on January 28, 1990. On October 19, 2003 she received a certificate of appreciation from Oak Street for her 50 years of service as the church historian. She was a member of the Alpha Iota Sorority. Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by a son, James Edward Williams; a brother, James Fannon; two infant brothers and two infant sisters. Survivors include her husband of 58 years, Ray W. Williams; one son, Billy Ray Williams, Johnson City; one daughter, Kathryn Jeree Williams, of Fredericksburg, Va.; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Rebecca and Ray King, of Pineville, Ky.; Sarah and Billy Solomon, of Powell, Tenn. and Margaret and Paul Sherman, of Bedford, Va. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 18, 2003 in the Oak Street Baptist Church with the Rev. Bruce Hendrich and Rev. Bob Polk officiating. Graveside services and interment will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 19, 2003 in Happy Valley Memorial Park. Mr. Gary Rice will provide the music. Active pallbearers will be deacons of Oak Street Baptist Church. Honorary pallbearers will be her church family, friends and neighbors. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Oak Street Baptist Church. Friends may also call at the residence. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to go to the cemetery. Condolences may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Elizabethton Star http://www.starhq.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------