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Dot Williams

August 20, 1934 — March 5, 2020

DOT WILLIAMS

Henderson, TN: Dorothy Sue Snider Williams age 85 passed away March 5, 2020 at Southern Oaks Assisted Living (Her Home Sweet Home).

She was born August 20, 1934 in Memphis, TN and reared in Jackson, TN, the daughter of the late Henry David and Mary Jane Bayliss Snider. She attended schools in Jackson and married Robert Horace ‘Bob’ Williams in 1953. They made their home in Memphis. She worked at the University of Tennessee Cancer Clinic and later at Goldsmith’s Department Store in Memphis, TN. After they retired they moved to North Jackson in 1997.

They were very involved in church work at the North Jackson Church of Christ and she had made several mission trips to Russia. She most recently was a member of the Henderson Church of Christ.

They moved to Chester County in 2012 to make their home near her daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Richard England. Mr. Williams died in 2013. Meg Sharp had been a special caregiver to Mrs. Williams until she moved to Southern Oaks where the staff became her beloved extended family.

Mrs. Williams is survived by two daughters, Barbara England (Richard) of Medon and Judy Byrd (Jim) of Huntsville, AL; seven grandchildren, Richard England III (Meredith), Amy VanBuskirk (Luke), Micah England (Tori), Katie England Maxwell (Greg), Michael Byrd (Breanna), Lauren Byrd and Danielle Byrd; eight great-grandchildren, Eli England, Ella England, Owen VanBuskirk, Gracie VanBuskirk, Ellie VanBuskirk, Matthew VanBuskirk, Asa VanBuskirk and Elizabeth Dorothy Byrd and two sisters, Becky Jones of Jackson and Joyce Parks of Columbia.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Bob Williams, April 27, 2013, a son, Larry David Williams (infant 1954), a great grandson, Aaron VanBuskirk; a sister, Fay Thurman and her brother, Jimmy Snider.

Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Sunday, at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue. Burial will follow at Chester County Memory Gardens.

The family will receive friends at Crook Avenue 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Saturday.

Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson
731-989-2421

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Service Schedule

Past Services

Visitation

Saturday, March 7, 2020

5:00 - 8:00 pm (Eastern time)

Shackelford Funeral Directors

304 Crook Avenue, Henderson, TN 38340

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Visitation

Sunday, March 8, 2020

12:00 - 2:00 pm (Eastern time)

Shackelford Funeral Directors

304 Crook Avenue, Henderson, TN 38340

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Chapel Services

Sunday, March 8, 2020

Starts at 2:00 pm (Eastern time)

Shackelford Funeral Directors

304 Crook Avenue, Henderson, TN 38340

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Cemetery

Chester County Memory Gardens

1826 Tennessee 5, Henderson, TN 38340

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