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Rosetta “Queen” <I>McKinney</I> Williams

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Rosetta “Queen” McKinney Williams

Birth
Death
11 Nov 2015 (aged 93)
Burial
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.0384862, Longitude: -89.75373
Plot
Section R, Site 8529
Memorial ID
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WIFE OF JAMES NAPOLEAN WILLIAMS, SR
(CPL US ARMY AIR FORCES)

Memphis, TN - Rosetta McKinney "Queen" Williams - Rosetta, affectionately called "Queen", was born in Maude, Mississippi on July 14, 1922 and passed away November 11, 2015. In 1939, she met and married her childhood sweetheart, the late James N. Williams, Sr., and they celebrated 60 years of marriage. To this union, eleven children were born, nine girls and two boys. Her husband James Sr. and four daughters Helen J. Smith, Amanda Lewis, Zeola Truly, and Lois Wade preceded her in death. She leaves to cherish her memory five daughters, Carolyn Hightower, Joyce E. Hubbard, Evangelist Annette Nelson, Pamela E. Williams and Dr. Sharon Griffin; two sons, James N. Williams Jr., and Bishop Milton Williams, and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, extended family and friends. We will miss you "Queen"! Visitation will be Thursday, November 19, 2015, from 4-7 p.m. at M.J. Edwards Funeral Home, Stage Road Chapel, 4445 Stage Rd., Memphis, TN 38128; Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, November 20 at Union Valley Missionary Baptist Church, 1051 E. McLemore, Memphis, TN 38114. Burial in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. M. J. Edwards Funeral Home (Published in The Commercial Appeal on Nov. 18, 2015)
WIFE OF JAMES NAPOLEAN WILLIAMS, SR
(CPL US ARMY AIR FORCES)

Memphis, TN - Rosetta McKinney "Queen" Williams - Rosetta, affectionately called "Queen", was born in Maude, Mississippi on July 14, 1922 and passed away November 11, 2015. In 1939, she met and married her childhood sweetheart, the late James N. Williams, Sr., and they celebrated 60 years of marriage. To this union, eleven children were born, nine girls and two boys. Her husband James Sr. and four daughters Helen J. Smith, Amanda Lewis, Zeola Truly, and Lois Wade preceded her in death. She leaves to cherish her memory five daughters, Carolyn Hightower, Joyce E. Hubbard, Evangelist Annette Nelson, Pamela E. Williams and Dr. Sharon Griffin; two sons, James N. Williams Jr., and Bishop Milton Williams, and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, extended family and friends. We will miss you "Queen"! Visitation will be Thursday, November 19, 2015, from 4-7 p.m. at M.J. Edwards Funeral Home, Stage Road Chapel, 4445 Stage Rd., Memphis, TN 38128; Funeral, 11 a.m. Friday, November 20 at Union Valley Missionary Baptist Church, 1051 E. McLemore, Memphis, TN 38114. Burial in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. M. J. Edwards Funeral Home (Published in The Commercial Appeal on Nov. 18, 2015)


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  • Created by: Carole McCaig
  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155120480/rosetta-williams: accessed ), memorial page for Rosetta “Queen” McKinney Williams (14 Jul 1922–11 Nov 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 155120480, citing West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Carole McCaig (contributor 46785778).