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Phyllis Ann <I>Lawson</I> Williams

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Phyllis Ann Lawson Williams

Birth
Caretta, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death
28 Sep 2010 (aged 69)
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Prosperity, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Phyllis A. Williams

MULLENS — Phyllis Ann Williams, 69, of Mullens, died Tuesday, September 28, 2010, in a Beckley hospital, following a long illness.

Born May 14, 1941 at Caretta, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Victor B. and Sybil (Sampson) Lawson.

Phyllis was a homemaker, 1958 graduate of Mullens High School, had been a resident of Mullens for the past 64 years, and was a former employee of the Wyoming County Board of Education where she was a cook at Mullens High School and retired as a cook in December of 2001 from Wyoming East High School.

In addition to her parents she is also preceded in death by her husband, John F. Williams; a brother, Arnold Lawson; two sisters, Glenda Lawson and Vickie Lynn Sizemore.

Those left to cherish her memory include two daughters, Cindy Jones and her husband, Jim of Crab Orchard and Vickie Walker and her husband, Eddie of Mullens; one son, Eddie Williams and his wife, Alica of Beckley; eight grandchildren, Kelly Phillips and her husband, Jay, Todd Whitt and his wife, Kassi, Krista Jones and her husband Erik, Nik Walker, Kari Walker, Nathan Williams, Logan Williams, and Brady Williams; five great grandchildren, Caeden, Leo, Cooper, Ollie, and McKenna; five sisters, Betty Goad and her husband, Lawrence, Lois Presley, and Jeanette Compton and her husband, Al all of Mullens, Brenda Salango and her husband, Tom of Hurricane, and Carol McKinney and her husband, Calvin of Charleston; two brothers, Donnie Lawson and his wife, Linda of Mullens and Ronnie Lawson and his wife, Natalie of Randleman, N.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, October 1, 2010 at the Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Lewis Arnold officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.

Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

The family requests in lieu of flowers donations of sympathy be made to the Autism Recovery Resource Center, P.O. Box 5456, Beckley, WV 25802 in honor of her great grandson Leo Whitt.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tankerslyfh.com

Arrangements by Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens.

The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia
September 30, 2010


Siblings:
Opal Lawson 1928-1929
James Robert Lawson 1931-1931
Glenda Lawson 1946 - 1958
Arnold Lawson 1929-1989
Vickie Lynn Lawson Sizemore 1951-2010

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Phyllis A. Williams

MULLENS — Phyllis Ann Williams, 69, of Mullens, died Tuesday, September 28, 2010, in a Beckley hospital, following a long illness.

Born May 14, 1941 at Caretta, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Victor B. and Sybil (Sampson) Lawson.

Phyllis was a homemaker, 1958 graduate of Mullens High School, had been a resident of Mullens for the past 64 years, and was a former employee of the Wyoming County Board of Education where she was a cook at Mullens High School and retired as a cook in December of 2001 from Wyoming East High School.

In addition to her parents she is also preceded in death by her husband, John F. Williams; a brother, Arnold Lawson; two sisters, Glenda Lawson and Vickie Lynn Sizemore.

Those left to cherish her memory include two daughters, Cindy Jones and her husband, Jim of Crab Orchard and Vickie Walker and her husband, Eddie of Mullens; one son, Eddie Williams and his wife, Alica of Beckley; eight grandchildren, Kelly Phillips and her husband, Jay, Todd Whitt and his wife, Kassi, Krista Jones and her husband Erik, Nik Walker, Kari Walker, Nathan Williams, Logan Williams, and Brady Williams; five great grandchildren, Caeden, Leo, Cooper, Ollie, and McKenna; five sisters, Betty Goad and her husband, Lawrence, Lois Presley, and Jeanette Compton and her husband, Al all of Mullens, Brenda Salango and her husband, Tom of Hurricane, and Carol McKinney and her husband, Calvin of Charleston; two brothers, Donnie Lawson and his wife, Linda of Mullens and Ronnie Lawson and his wife, Natalie of Randleman, N.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Services will be 11 a.m. Friday, October 1, 2010 at the Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Lewis Arnold officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Beckley.

Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Mullens Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Nephews will serve as pallbearers.

The family requests in lieu of flowers donations of sympathy be made to the Autism Recovery Resource Center, P.O. Box 5456, Beckley, WV 25802 in honor of her great grandson Leo Whitt.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tankerslyfh.com

Arrangements by Tankersley Funeral Home, Mullens.

The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia
September 30, 2010


Siblings:
Opal Lawson 1928-1929
James Robert Lawson 1931-1931
Glenda Lawson 1946 - 1958
Arnold Lawson 1929-1989
Vickie Lynn Lawson Sizemore 1951-2010

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