WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Opal B. Williams, 14 May 2004
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Opal B. Williams, 71, Greenlee Road, Johnson City, died Friday, 
May 14, 2004, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Williams was a native of Butler and a daughter of the late Samuel 
Henry and Nannie Holden Hankins Byers. She was also preceded in death 
by a daughter, Betty Ledford, and a sister, Audry Hankins. 
Mrs. Williams was a homemaker and a longtime member of King Springs 
Baptist Church. 

Survivors include her husband, Vergess James Williams; three sons, 
Wesley Williams, Elizabethton, Roger Williams, Johnson City, and Randy 
Williams, Summertown, Tenn.; and one sister, Lillian Byers Townsend, 
Johnson City. Ten grandchildren, one great-grandchild and several 
nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services were conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 15, in the East 
Chapel of Appalachian Funeral Home with Steve Hillman, minister, 
officiating. The graveside committal service will be held at 2 p.m. 
Sunday, May 16, at Fairview Cemetery, Greeneville. Pallbearers will 
be selected from family and friends. Those planning to attend the 
service are asked to meet at the cemetery by 1:50 p.m. Sunday. The 
family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. 
Condolences may be made online at www.appalachianfuneralhome.com. 
Appalachian Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 800 E. Watauga Avenue, 
Johnson City, is serving the Williams family. 


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