Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 2/26/1998

Sally J. G. Williams

Oct. 14, 1895 - Feb. 21, 1998

In Loving Memory of Mrs. Sally Jane Grisson Williams

Mrs. Sally Jane Grisson Williams, 102, expired on Saturday, Feb. 21, in the Northwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.

She was born on Oct. 14, 1895, in Macon, Miss.

On June 30, 1939, she married Johnny Williams, who preceded her in death in 1944. She was also preceded in death by her children, Sally English and Seabe Gavin; three sisters, Fannie Maeweather, Mattie Lowery and Kittie Showers; three brothers, Sam Grisson, Alonzo Grisson and Phillip Grisson; and by two grandchildren.

Mrs. Williams had been a head chef at Smoke's Tavern and Restaurant for 17 years. She later opened her own restaurant, where she operated for 25 years.

For many years before her confinement, she was a faithful member of the Grace A.M.E. Zion Church.

She is survived by a sister, Margaret Grisson of Springfield, Ohio; six nieces, Jill Fuller, Hattie Showers, Linda Winston, Augusta Page, Aretha Harris and Georgiana Jamison; and by seven grandchildren and a host of great- and great-great-grandchildren.

Visitation will from noon to 2 p.m., followed by a funeral service at 2 p.m. on Friday at the Grace A.M.E. Zion Church. Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery