Mrs. Mildred P. Williams

“Like a ship that is left its morning, And sailing bravely out to sea, So someone dear has sailed away in calm serenity.” On November 16, 2017 Mildred Williams at her home 1212 Davenport Street, God called into His presence, our beloved, Mildred Purvis Williams. She was the youngest of six children born to the late Baker and Lula S. Purvis on June 25, 1919 in Williamston, NC. Mildred moved to Greenville, NC in 1939 where she met and later married James Williams of Pitt County. Mildred attended the Williamston Colored High School, which was renamed E. J. Hayes High School and she continued her education at Beaufort Community College, Pitt Community College and East Carolina University. Mildred Williams’s employment career included Teacher Assistance with in the Pitt County School System, Agricultural Extension of Pitt County, the Pitt County Department of Social Services, the Employment Security Commission and Martin County Community Action. Having joined Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church, under the pastorate of the late Dr. J. A. Nimmo, Mildred distinguished herself as an untying laborer. She gave homage and obedience to God through the usher board, the Sunday School as a primary teacher, the Pastor’s Aid Club as its president for twelve years, the Curtesy Committee, the Evangelism Committee as well as the Pulpit Committee, the Board of Christian Education and president/co-chairperson and Evangelist Committee of the Senior Missionary Circle. Mildred extended herself to the Greenville Community by serving as president of the Davenport Street Community Club, a member of the Historic Preservation Commission, pole worker for the Pitt County Board of Elections and president of the South Side Senior Citizens Club. Mildred was preceded in death by her husband, James Williams; a daughter, Dianne Bennett; grandchildren, Sheldon Everett, Larry Everett, Regional Roberson, Johnny Roberson, Jeffery Roberson, Karen Roberson; niece, Barbara Johnson. Mildred leaves to cherish beautiful memories, her children, Mrs. Gloria Roberson (Joe) of Williamston, NC, Mr. Jimmy Williams, Jr. (Cecelia) of Temple Hill Maryland, Mr. Mitchell Williams (Denise) of Maplewood, NJ, Mr. Ronald Williams (Yvonne Williams) of Apex, NC, Mrs. Rosalyn Edwards of Durham, NC; grandchildren, Gloria Jean Rhodes, Joseph Roberson, Jr., Ricky Roberson, Jo-Ann Nixon, Sharon Fletcher, Tracy Bennett, Roderick Williams, Michelle Williams, Kimberly Williams, Letesia Edwards, Nicholas Williams; in addition, leaving to mourn her memory are twenty plus grandchildren; twenty plus great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.

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Mrs. Mildred P. Williams

June 25, 1919 - November 16, 2017