By Glenda Williams, BNc correspondent

GENEVA, Ala (BNc) — Margaret Ann Warren Williams, age 94, of McMinnville, TN (Daylight Community) died Wednesday, January 12, 2011. She was born May 14, 1916, in Warren County, TN, was a homemaker, member of the Earleyville church of Christ and an elder’s wife. Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by parents William Thomas and Willie Mae Sanders Warren, husband Wesley Brown Williams, daughter Martha Ann Williams Gary, grandson Jonathan Brad Williams, great-granddaughter Hannah Harrison, a sister Alma Milligan and step-brother Alex Stone.

Mrs. Williams was the mother of eight children, four boys and four girls. Three of the boys are preachers of the gospel and two sons-in-law. Survivors include her children Donald and Jan Williams, Murfreesboro, TN, Douglas and Glenda Williams, Geneva, AL, Sarah and John Nokes, McMinnville, TN, Linda Frances and Jerry O. Davidson, Daphne, AL, Charles and Dianne Williams, Manchester, TN, William and Wendy Williams, Estill Springs, TN and Janice and Dean Draggoneti, Hendersonville, NC, sister Lou Davis Higgins, Woodbury, TN, brothers Albert and Bob Warren, McMinnville, TN, 26 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.

Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 16, 2011, at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Jerry Davidson and Lynwood Mathis will officiate. Interment will follow at Gardens of Memory. The Williams family will receive friends on Saturday from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m. at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jonathan Brad Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund, C/O Peoples Bank, 1203 Hillsboro Blvd., Manchester, TN 37355.

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