Mary Williams

Mrs. Mary Buchanan Williams, 82, of Hopewell, died Monday, December 21, 2009, at John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Caroline County and was a retired civil service employee at Bellwood (DGSC). Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by her parents, William James and Bessie Young Buchanan, her husband, Gordon B. Williams, Sr., a sister, Anna Dempsey and a brother Alvin Buchanan. Surviving are two daughters, Peggy P. Cooke and husband, Ben, of Hopewell and Betty Jo Manasco and husband, Mark, of Midlothian, Virginia; four granddaughters, Rebekah, Caitlin, Allison, and Bridget and two great-granddaughters Hannah and Olivia; a brother, Calvin Buchanan of Emporia, VA; five sisters, Ellen Satterwhite of Doswell, VA, Anne Cingranelli of Mechanicsburg, PA., Ruth VanCleave of Richmond, Barbara Jean Harvey of Emporia and Phyllis Howe of Marcy, NY.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, December 22, 2009 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Hopewell chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Jeff Raymond, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Appomattox Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, 401 N. 2nd Avenue, Hopewell, VA 23860. Condolences may be registered with jtmorriss.com.