Obituary
Mary Ruth Gray Williams, age 96, of Farragut went peacefully to be with our Lord on Thursday afternoon, April 15, 2021 at her home in Lenoir City.
Mary Ruth was a member of Creighton Memorial Baptist Church, a charter member of First Baptist Church Concord and served many positions with her church family. Mary Ruth Gray married Dick on February 20, 1944. She was an Administrative Assistant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for many years and later was secretary to the Music Ministry at Concord Baptist. Mary Ruth found her greatest joy loving her family but her first love was her Lord Jesus Christ. She was an expert knitter, loved to crochet and enjoyed traveling with family.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Dick (Emmett Wesley) Williams, son, David Wesley Williams; parents, Clarence Gray and Ethel Amos Gray; brother, Bill Gray; sister, Margaret Gray Blackburn.
Mary Ruth is survived by her daughter, Linda Williams Loy, granddaughter, Kerry Loy Winter and her husband David and great grandson Jackson; grandchildren, Lori (Denton) Williams Lesslie, Kip Williams and their mother Cheryl; great grandchildren, Will and Hollie Lesslie; niece, Beverly Williams Stypula, Lisa (Jeff) Blackburn Ogle, nephews, Michael (Rachel) Gray, Ron (Barbara) Gray, Steve (Patsy) Williams and Ronnie Williams
The family will receive friends from 12 to 1 p.m on Saturday, April 24th at First Baptist Concord with a Celebration of Life Worship Service to follow at 1 p.m. on with Chaplain Herb Hinsch and Fulton Hartzog officiating.
Interment will follow at Pleasant Forest Cemetery with Steve Williams, Michael Gray, Jeff Ogle and Fulton Hartzog serving as pall bearers.
The Williams family would like to thank the wonderful team at Covenant Hospice for their loving care of Mary Ruth.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mission of Hope, missionofhope.org or to First Baptist Church Concord Prayer Ministry, 11704 Kingston Pike, Farragut, TN 37934.
Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel, 11915 Kingston Pike is serving the Williams family.
Mary Ruth Gray Williams, age 96, of Farragut went peacefully to be with our Lord on Thursday afternoon, April 15, 2021 at her home in Lenoir City.
Mary Ruth was a member of Creighton Memorial Baptist Church, a charter member of First Baptist Church Concord and served many positions with her church family. Mary Ruth Gray married Dick on February 20, 1944. She was an Administrative Assistant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for many years and later was secretary to the Music Ministry at Concord Baptist. Mary Ruth found her greatest joy loving her family but her first love was her Lord Jesus Christ. She was an expert knitter, loved to crochet and enjoyed traveling with family.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Dick (Emmett Wesley) Williams, son, David Wesley Williams; parents, Clarence Gray and Ethel Amos Gray; brother, Bill Gray; sister, Margaret Gray Blackburn.
Mary Ruth is survived by her daughter, Linda Williams Loy, granddaughter, Kerry Loy Winter and her husband David and great grandson Jackson; grandchildren, Lori (Denton) Williams Lesslie, Kip Williams and their mother Cheryl; great grandchildren, Will and Hollie Lesslie; niece, Beverly Williams Stypula, Lisa (Jeff) Blackburn Ogle, nephews, Michael (Rachel) Gray, Ron (Barbara) Gray, Steve (Patsy) Williams and Ronnie Williams
The family will receive friends from 12 to 1 p.m on Saturday, April 24th at First Baptist Concord with a Celebration of Life Worship Service to follow at 1 p.m. on with Chaplain Herb Hinsch and Fulton Hartzog officiating.
Interment will follow at Pleasant Forest Cemetery with Steve Williams, Michael Gray, Jeff Ogle and Fulton Hartzog serving as pall bearers.
The Williams family would like to thank the wonderful team at Covenant Hospice for their loving care of Mary Ruth.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mission of Hope, missionofhope.org or to First Baptist Church Concord Prayer Ministry, 11704 Kingston Pike, Farragut, TN 37934.
Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel, 11915 Kingston Pike is serving the Williams family.
Obituary
Mary Ruth Gray Williams, age 96, of Farragut went peacefully to be with our Lord on Thursday afternoon, April 15, 2021 at her home in Lenoir City.
Mary Ruth was a member of Creighton Memorial Baptist Church, a charter member of First Baptist Church Concord and served many positions with her church family. Mary Ruth Gray married Dick on February 20, 1944. She was an Administrative Assistant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for many years and later was secretary to the Music Ministry at Concord Baptist. Mary Ruth found her greatest joy loving her family but her first love was her Lord Jesus Christ. She was an expert knitter, loved to crochet and enjoyed traveling with family.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Dick (Emmett Wesley) Williams, son, David Wesley Williams; parents, Clarence Gray and Ethel Amos Gray; brother, Bill Gray; sister, Margaret Gray Blackburn.
Mary Ruth is survived by her daughter, Linda Williams Loy, granddaughter, Kerry Loy Winter and her husband David and great grandson Jackson; grandchildren, Lori (Denton) Williams Lesslie, Kip Williams and their mother Cheryl; great grandchildren, Will and Hollie Lesslie; niece, Beverly Williams Stypula, Lisa (Jeff) Blackburn Ogle, nephews, Michael (Rachel) Gray, Ron (Barbara) Gray, Steve (Patsy) Williams and Ronnie Williams
The family will receive friends from 12 to 1 p.m on Saturday, April 24th at First Baptist Concord with a Celebration of Life Worship Service to follow at 1 p.m. on with Chaplain Herb Hinsch and Fulton Hartzog officiating.
Interment will follow at Pleasant Forest Cemetery with Steve Williams, Michael Gray, Jeff Ogle and Fulton Hartzog serving as pall bearers.
The Williams family would like to thank the wonderful team at Covenant Hospice for their loving care of Mary Ruth.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mission of Hope, missionofhope.org or to First Baptist Church Concord Prayer Ministry, 11704 Kingston Pike, Farragut, TN 37934.
Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel, 11915 Kingston Pike is serving the Williams family.
Mary Ruth Gray Williams, age 96, of Farragut went peacefully to be with our Lord on Thursday afternoon, April 15, 2021 at her home in Lenoir City.
Mary Ruth was a member of Creighton Memorial Baptist Church, a charter member of First Baptist Church Concord and served many positions with her church family. Mary Ruth Gray married Dick on February 20, 1944. She was an Administrative Assistant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for many years and later was secretary to the Music Ministry at Concord Baptist. Mary Ruth found her greatest joy loving her family but her first love was her Lord Jesus Christ. She was an expert knitter, loved to crochet and enjoyed traveling with family.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 71 years, Dick (Emmett Wesley) Williams, son, David Wesley Williams; parents, Clarence Gray and Ethel Amos Gray; brother, Bill Gray; sister, Margaret Gray Blackburn.
Mary Ruth is survived by her daughter, Linda Williams Loy, granddaughter, Kerry Loy Winter and her husband David and great grandson Jackson; grandchildren, Lori (Denton) Williams Lesslie, Kip Williams and their mother Cheryl; great grandchildren, Will and Hollie Lesslie; niece, Beverly Williams Stypula, Lisa (Jeff) Blackburn Ogle, nephews, Michael (Rachel) Gray, Ron (Barbara) Gray, Steve (Patsy) Williams and Ronnie Williams
The family will receive friends from 12 to 1 p.m on Saturday, April 24th at First Baptist Concord with a Celebration of Life Worship Service to follow at 1 p.m. on with Chaplain Herb Hinsch and Fulton Hartzog officiating.
Interment will follow at Pleasant Forest Cemetery with Steve Williams, Michael Gray, Jeff Ogle and Fulton Hartzog serving as pall bearers.
The Williams family would like to thank the wonderful team at Covenant Hospice for their loving care of Mary Ruth.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mission of Hope, missionofhope.org or to First Baptist Church Concord Prayer Ministry, 11704 Kingston Pike, Farragut, TN 37934.
Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel, 11915 Kingston Pike is serving the Williams family.
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