Rue Williamson

Smithfield, NC: Mrs. Rue Hayes Williamson,  85 of 902 Berkshire Road died Saturday evening at Smithfield Manor Nursing Center.  Graveside service will be held 12:00PM Wednesday at Hills of the Neuse Memory Gardens.  Officiating will be Pastor Eddie White.                Mrs. Williamson was born  August 14, 1929 in Johnston County to the late Gethro & Repsie Coats Hayes.   She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard Kent Williamson, sisters, Ethel McLamb, Neva Barefoot and Blanche Lassiter, brothers, Polie Styron Hayes and Theodore Hayes. Mrs. Williamson retired from the textile industry and  was a homemaker.  She was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church in Smithfield.                Surviving include brother and sister-in-law; Tommy & Rita Hayes of Chesapeake, VA; sister, Mazie Williamson of Goldsboro; many nieces and nephews.                The family will receive friends from 10:30AM-11:30AM Wednesday at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks prior to the graveside service.