Robbie M. Williams

Published 12:31 pm Thursday, February 9, 2012

EDWARDS — Services for Robbie M. Williams will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at United M.B. Church with the Rev. Sherman Thomas Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove M.B. Church Cemetery in Edwards. Visitation will be from noon until 6 p.m. Friday at Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home with family present from 4 until 6.

Mrs. Williams died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at River Region Medical Center. She was 95.

She was the daughter of the late Dora B. Collins Smith and Robert Martin. She was a former member of Galilee M.B. Church in Edwards and was a member of Pleasant Grove M.B. Church. She retired from the Hinds County Public Schools.

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She was preceded in death by her husband, James Williams Jr.; a son, James Martin; two sisters, Dorothy Williams and Willette Smith; and three brothers, C.D. Smith Jr., Sylvester Smith and J.C. Davis.

Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Stokes and Bobbie Irving, both of Edwards; three sons, James Williams Jr., Willie Charles Williams and Karl Williams, all of Edwards; a brother, Willie J. Smith of Shamil, Fla.; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.