9/30/2003 The Saginaw News - page C6
Saginaw MI

Williams, Mrs. Louise, Saginaw, Michigan.
The celebration of her homegoing will be held at 12:00 noon on Friday,
October 3, 2003 at Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 721 Johnson
Street. Rev.  Rodrick A. Smith, Pastor. Rev. R. B. Corley, Jr. will
officiate with interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the
Browne's Mortuary, 441 N. Jefferson Ave. on Thursday from 2:00 until 8:00
p.m., where the family will be present at 6 p.m. for a family hour. Our
beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed away on September 26, 2003
from a lengthy illness. She was born in Memphis, Tenn. on January 7,
1926 to William A.  Lake and Betty Lou Parker. She came to Saginaw at
an early age. She married Arthur Williams on May 5, 1969. He survives
her. Mrs. Williams was a past member of St. Matthew Order of Eastern
Star Chapter 18. She was a member of Zion Baptist Church for 37 years
and was currently a member of Prince of Peace Baptist Church. Besides
her husband, she leaves to cherish her memory her children, Lucille
(Austin) Hicks, Brenda Kay Wilson, George L. Wilson, Lathan (Kimberly)
Wilson, Jerome (Regina) Wilson, all of Saginaw; stepchildren, Arthur
(Irene) Williams, Jr. of Atlanta, Ga., Esper (Jackie) Williams, Warren
(Sharon) Williams, Rundy Williams, Tyran (Pearl) Williams, all of Grand
Rapids, Mich.; siblings: one brother, David Lake of Chicago, Ill.; two
sisters, Josephine Neal of Saginaw, Mich. and Janie Ferguson of Flint,
Mich.; 38 grandchildren, including a special grandson, Ja-Whan Hardy; 54
great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Williams
was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, one sister and two
stepchildren.




10/1/2003 The Saginaw News - page C6
Saginaw MI

Williams, Mrs. Louise, Saginaw, Michigan.
The celebration of her homegoing will be held at 12:00 noon on Friday,
October 3, 2003 at Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 721 Johnson
Street. Rev.  Rodrick A. Smith, Pastor. Rev. R. B. Corley, Jr. will
officiate with interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at
the Browne's Mortuary, 441 N. Jefferson Ave. on Thursday from 2:00 until
8:00 p.m., where the family will be present at 6 p.m. for a family hour.