Mildred Williams

12/28/1948 - 10/27/2022

Obituary For Mildred Williams

We respectfully announce the passing of Mrs. Mildred Williams of Newnan Georgia on Thursday, October 27, 2022, at Fayetteville Center for Nursing in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 11:00 a.m., Saint Peter Baptist Church located at 1586 Lower Fayetteville Road in Newnan, Georgia. Service will be live-streamed (see clickable link below)

Pastor Kenneth L. Curtis, Eulogist and Bishop Thomas S. Lee, Jr. Officiating.

Interment will follow in the St. Mary United Methodist Church Cemetery, 100 Pine Street in Hogansville, Georgia.

Public viewing will be held on Friday from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Funeral Home.

Due to COVID-19 concerns, everyone in attendance at the viewing and Funeral must wear a mask and Social Distancing is encouraged.

The Sun Rises Sister Mildred L. (Booker) Williams was born in Pavo, Georgia on Tuesday, December 28, 1948 to Deacon John S. and Overseer Lovely Mae (Thomas) Booker (both deceased).

The Sun Shines Born the last of ten children, Mildred, affectionately known as Milk by family, attended kindergarten through high school in Quitman, Georgia. Upon graduating, she enrolled at Albany State University, and earned her BA degree in Business Education. She graduated in the top 10% of her graduating class, which earned her induction into Who’s Who in American Colleges and universities honors. She furthered her education at Governors State University, University Park, IL, where she earned a double MA in Business Education and Education Administration. In 1970, she met and married her college sweetheart, Fred Williams and to their union were born sons Dwayne and Timothy.

She dedicated her professional life as an Educator, Mildred taught Business Education courses at Brooks County High School in Quitman, GA; Seneca High School, Louisville, KY; Enid High School, Enid, OK; retiring from her amazing 34-years of teaching in 2005 at the Rich East High School in Park Forest, IL.

Mildred loved family, teaching, shopping, decorating her home for all the holidays, and attending church. Her hobbies included reading, gardening, singing, and traveling. Some of her international trips included: Acapulco, Mexico; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Freeport, Grand Bahama; London, England; Malaga, Spain, and Tangier, Africa.

The Sun Sets On October 27, 2022, at the Fayetteville Center for Nursing and Healing in Fayetteville, Georgia, Mildred answered the LORD’s call and joined her parents (listed above), and siblings that proceeded her, brothers: John L., Roscoe, W. Mack, and W. Paul Booker; her sisters: Essie Mae Samuels, Maydel Davis, Eloise Richardson, and Mary B. Lee.

She leaves to mourn her passing a loving and devoted family: husband, Fred Williams, her sons Frederick D. (Pamela) of Elkridge, MD, and Timothy A. of Dallas, TX. Two beautiful grandchildren: Lauryn M. Williams and Jonathan M. Williams. Her sister Emma Grace Swain of Brockton, MA, and sister-in-law Nadine Booker of Pavo, GA and three brothers-in-law Frank Williams (Earlene) of Fayetteville, GA, Calvin Williams (Delores) of Saginaw, MI., and Thomas S. Lee, Jr. of Orlando, FL. Along with a host of her nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Arrangements entrusted to Thrash and Sons Funeral Home.

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