Annie Laurena Williams

Annie Laurena Williams, 88, of Upper Brush Creek Road, Fairview, and more recently of Crestwood Lane, Candler, passed away Sunday, November 14, 2004. Annie was a native of Buncombe County and was the daughter of the late Osborn G. and Josephine Smart Williams. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Floyd and Garland Williams and four sisters, Dorothy McCain, Ethel Williams, Catherine Williams and Pauline Creighton, of Asheville and Florida. Miss Williams received her education at Fairview High School and graduated with a B.S. degree in Education from Asheville Normal Teachers College. She retired after 30 years of teaching in Ahoski, NC and also the Old Haw Creek School. She was a member of the National and North Carolina Education Associations. Surviving are two sisters, Martha Mavis Edwards of Candler and Oleta Marlowe of Tampa, FL and seven nephews. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Bethany United Methodist Church where she was a member. The Rev. Glenda M. Bramlet will officiate with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Her family will receive friends at the church immediately following the service and at other times will be at 445 Upper Brush Creek Road. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bethany United Methodist Church, 212 Bethany Church Road, Fairview, NC 28730, or to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813. The family expresses appreciation to Dr. Jeff Stillson and Patty Peltier for the care given to Miss Williams.