Betty J. White Williams

Published 12:01 am Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Sept. 3, 1933 – July 6, 2018

NATCHEZ — Services for Betty J. White Williams, 84, of Natchez, who died Friday, July 6, 2018, in Baton Rouge, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Laird Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Steve Purvis officiating.
Burial will follow at the Natchez City Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Williams was born Sept. 3, 1933, in Natchez, the daughter of Henry White and Allie Ogelsby White.
She was a member of Stanton Baptist Church and the Auburn Garden Club. She loved to collect antiques and Christmas trees. She was a graduate of Natchez High School and attended Mississippi College.
Williams was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Thomas Williams; and one son, Steen Williams.
Survivors include four children, Terrel Williams and wife, Julia, of Ridgeland, Shelia Williams Fitzpatrick of Camden, Tenn., Billy Von Williams and wife, Mary, of Lafayette, Ind., and Cindy Williams Harper and husband, Jimmy, of Ferriday; seven grandchildren, Stefani Harper Faulkner, Becky Harper Crawley, Suzanna Fitzpatrick Chapman, Kristen Fitzpatrick Schapley, Ashton Terrel Williams, Brison Grey Williams and Christopher Thomas Williams; 9 great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be friends and family.
In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be made to Stanton Baptist Church or Church Hill Methodist Church.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at lairdfh.com.