Thelma Williams
LUMBERTON — Thelma Jordan Williams, 85, of Lumberton, formerly of Raeford, died Feb. 6, 2013, in Southeastern Hospice House.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Praise and Worship Center, 2669 Fayetteville Road, Raeford, N.C., Pastor’s Alton Burrow and Russell Kinlaw Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Raeford Cemetery.
Williams was born in Hoke County on March 3, 1927, to the late Ed Jordan and Sinnia Stevens Jordan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ervin Monroe Williams Sr.
She was a member of the Raeford Church of God for over 45 years before moving her membership to the Trinity Holiness Church in Lumberton.
She is survived by two daughters, Faye Speights (Bob) of Lumberton and Deborah Womble (Jim) of Nairobi, Kenya; two sons, Monroe Williams Jr. (Donna) of Lumberton and Chris Williams (Joann) of Raeford; two sisters, Eva Dean of Parkton and Sade Pittman of Lumberton; eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
The visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Crumpler Funeral Home, 131 Harris Ave., Raeford, N.C.
Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 311 Arsenal St., Watertown, Mass., 02472 and/or Southeastern Hospice House, 1100 Pine Run Drive, Lumberton, N.C., 28358.
Online condolences may be made at www.crumplerfuneralhome.com.
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