December 14, 1993

EMMA D. WILLIAMS

EAST PRAIRIE -- Emma D. Williams, 72, of East Prairie, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1993, at the home of a son in Festus. She was born Dec. 22, 1920, in Dorena, daughter of Henry H. and Nellie Elizabeth Funkhouse Everett. She and Robert Howard Williams were married April 28, 1945. He died Jan. 2, 1958...

EAST PRAIRIE -- Emma D. Williams, 72, of East Prairie, died Sunday, Dec. 12, 1993, at the home of a son in Festus.

She was born Dec. 22, 1920, in Dorena, daughter of Henry H. and Nellie Elizabeth Funkhouse Everett. She and Robert Howard Williams were married April 28, 1945. He died Jan. 2, 1958.

Williams was a member of First Baptist Church in East Prairie.

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Survivors include a son, the Rev. J. Sam Williams of Festus; a brother, John Everett of Pevely; two sisters, Ethel Tinnon and Juanita Newsome of East Prairie, and two grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a sister and brother.

Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Shelby Funeral Chapel. Rev. Williams will officiate, with burial in Dogwood Cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today.

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