Ruth Williams

Coats, NC: Mrs. Ruth Evelyn Jernigan Williams, age 96, died Saturday at SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Funeral Services will be 3:00PM Tuesday at Gift Primitive Baptist Church in Coats. Officiating will be Elders Fred Williams, Noel Lee and Tony Parker. Burial will follow in Devotional Gardens in Dunn. Mrs. Williams was born August 11, 1916 in Chatham County to the late Ernest B. and Mary Ellen Holmes Jernigan. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Everett M. Williams, and sons, Ernest J. Williams and Herbert Williams. Mrs. Williams was a homemaker and a member of Gift Primitive Baptist Church. Surviving include children and spouses, Betty Ruth & Charles Manning of Coats, Jerry Williams of Monroe, Wilma Stone of Coats, Keith & Ann Williams of Coats, Ronald & Susan Williams of Benson and Joan & Eddie Mize of Benson; sister, Inez Hawley of Dunn; brother, Harold Jernigan of Coats; Numerous Grandchildren, Great-Grandchildren, Great- Great-Grandchildren and a Great-Great-Great Granddaughter. Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats from 6:00pm until 8:00pm Monday and other times at the home of Wilma Stone, 338 Bennett Road, Coats, NC. Flowers are welcomed; however, memorials may be made to SECU Hospice House 426 Hospital Road, Smithfield, NC 27577