Ina Mae Williams

Ina Mae Williams, age 96, of Elizabethton, TN passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Ivy Hall Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Eleanor Forrester Morrell. She retired from Texas Instruments having worked in previous years at Bemberg and Raytheon Corporation. Ms. Williams was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church of Elizabethton where she was a member of the Fidelias Sunday School Class and the Adult Activity Group. She taught Bible study and had a Sunday School at the Courtyard Apartments while residing there. She was also a member of the Senior Citizens, A.A.R..P. and served as Chaplain of the Carter County Republican Women’s Club. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Tony D. Williams; brothers, Carl E. Morrell and J. Fred Morrell and his wife Viola; a sister, Georgia Moore and her husband Greg; a sister-in-law, Louise Morrell and a brother-in-law, Dave Roe. Survivors include a daughter, Judy Brown and her husband Aubrey, Watauga; a daughter-in-law, Linda, Williams, Elizabethton, five grandchildren, Tony Allen and wife Buffy, Irondale, AL, Sissie Moore and husband Eddie, Elizabethton, David Brown, Knoxville, TN, Danny Brown and wife Karen, Unicoi and Bryan Williams and wife Christy, Elizabethton; eight great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Nat. D. Morrell, Knoxville, TN and a sister, Barbara Roe, Elizabethton. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Funeral service for Ina Mae Williams will be conducted at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, March 16, 2013 in the Sunset Chapel of Hathaway-Percy Funeral and Cremation Services with Rev. Nathan Jennings and Rev. Richard Bowers officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home form Noon until 1:00 P.M. on Saturday prior to the funeral service or at the residence of her daughter Judy at other times. Graveside service and interment will follow the funeral service in Happy Valley Memorial Park with Rev. Jack Lloyd officiating. Active pallbearers will be selected from grandsons and nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be members of First Freewill Baptist Church Elizabethton. The family would like to express special thanks to all the employees of Ivy Hall Nursing Home including the kitchen staff, laundry staff, nursing staff, CNA’s and administrators and the staff of Caris Hospice for their loving care of Ms. Williams. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donations to the Building Fund, First Freewill Baptist Church, 706 First Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643.Read Obituary