1937
Shelia
2015
Shelia G. Williams
July 14, 1937 — February 14, 2015
Our beloved Shelia G. Williams , 77, of Pax, WV died on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Harper Mills in Beckley, WV.
Born July 14, 1937 at Long Branch, WV she was the daughter of the late Arthur (Clate) and Junie (Rene) Saye Williams.
A graduate from Pax High School in 1955, Shelia went on to graduate from the Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, TN in 1968 (Matthew 25:31) and was also a graduate of language school in Texas in 1970 having studied Spanish.
Ms. Williams left the United States in 1970 to work on the South American mission field in Quito, Equador. She spent 13 years overseas teaching adults and children about the Lord - starting several churches.
Shelia gave her heart to the Lord at a very young age. She was a member of the Bradley Free Will Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school and was a leader in the youth groups. She taught Vacation Bible School at several local churches; was a member of Women Active for Christ at Bradley and also involved with the jail house ministry.
Returning home to help care for her parents, she went back to school and graduated from Concord College with a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1986. She went on to teach Special Needs Children in Fayette County for many years as well as teaching Adult Spanish night classes at the Fayette Vo-Tech. Always the student Shelia continued her education while working and received a Masters degree from the College of Graduate Studies at Institute in 1990. She retired from the WV education system.
Sheila enjoyed attending the Pax Reunion and the Williams Family Reunion.
She was preceded in death by brothers, Clarendon H. "Tod" Williams, Darrell "Budgie" Williams, James "Bunk" Williams and Oscar Keith Williams; brother-in-law, Hugh S. Weeks; sister-in-law, Janice Bolen Williams; three nephews and four nieces.
Shelia leaves behind two sisters, Sonia G. Weeks of Beckley and Sharon K. Holstein and husband, Steve L. of Pax; and sister-in-law, Inge Danford of Beckley.
She always enjoyed her many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews. Children were the love of her life. She is also survived my a host of cousins and friends.
Services will be on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. at Tyree Funeral Home in Mount Hope. with Rev. Wayne Peters, Rev. Daniel Legg, and Rev. Jimmy Mitchell officiating Burial will be at Dock Lively Cemetery., Long Branch. Friends may call one hour prior to the service on Friday at the funeral home.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
The family wishes to express their thanks to the Harper Mills Nursing Home for their loving care and concern for our sister, especially Tammy, Malina, Heather, Becky and Annimoreh (all the Station 2), Dr. Scott Keffer, PA Shawnee, Dr. Faheim, Dr. Raheim, Raleigh General Hospital, Appalachian Regional Hospital; all the many friends who visited and sent cards especially Inge Danford, Margie (Shuck) Kallas , Luz and Ceasar Quiroz, Glenna Murphy, Junie Williams.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Bradley Free Will Baptist Church, P.O. Box 307, Bradley, WV 25818, designated for the missionaries she personally supported.
Matthew 25:31-40 (KJV)
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
May God Bless.
Online condolences may be sent at www.tyreefuneralhome.com
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope, WV
Born July 14, 1937 at Long Branch, WV she was the daughter of the late Arthur (Clate) and Junie (Rene) Saye Williams.
A graduate from Pax High School in 1955, Shelia went on to graduate from the Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, TN in 1968 (Matthew 25:31) and was also a graduate of language school in Texas in 1970 having studied Spanish.
Ms. Williams left the United States in 1970 to work on the South American mission field in Quito, Equador. She spent 13 years overseas teaching adults and children about the Lord - starting several churches.
Shelia gave her heart to the Lord at a very young age. She was a member of the Bradley Free Will Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school and was a leader in the youth groups. She taught Vacation Bible School at several local churches; was a member of Women Active for Christ at Bradley and also involved with the jail house ministry.
Returning home to help care for her parents, she went back to school and graduated from Concord College with a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1986. She went on to teach Special Needs Children in Fayette County for many years as well as teaching Adult Spanish night classes at the Fayette Vo-Tech. Always the student Shelia continued her education while working and received a Masters degree from the College of Graduate Studies at Institute in 1990. She retired from the WV education system.
Sheila enjoyed attending the Pax Reunion and the Williams Family Reunion.
She was preceded in death by brothers, Clarendon H. "Tod" Williams, Darrell "Budgie" Williams, James "Bunk" Williams and Oscar Keith Williams; brother-in-law, Hugh S. Weeks; sister-in-law, Janice Bolen Williams; three nephews and four nieces.
Shelia leaves behind two sisters, Sonia G. Weeks of Beckley and Sharon K. Holstein and husband, Steve L. of Pax; and sister-in-law, Inge Danford of Beckley.
She always enjoyed her many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews. Children were the love of her life. She is also survived my a host of cousins and friends.
Services will be on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. at Tyree Funeral Home in Mount Hope. with Rev. Wayne Peters, Rev. Daniel Legg, and Rev. Jimmy Mitchell officiating Burial will be at Dock Lively Cemetery., Long Branch. Friends may call one hour prior to the service on Friday at the funeral home.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
The family wishes to express their thanks to the Harper Mills Nursing Home for their loving care and concern for our sister, especially Tammy, Malina, Heather, Becky and Annimoreh (all the Station 2), Dr. Scott Keffer, PA Shawnee, Dr. Faheim, Dr. Raheim, Raleigh General Hospital, Appalachian Regional Hospital; all the many friends who visited and sent cards especially Inge Danford, Margie (Shuck) Kallas , Luz and Ceasar Quiroz, Glenna Murphy, Junie Williams.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Bradley Free Will Baptist Church, P.O. Box 307, Bradley, WV 25818, designated for the missionaries she personally supported.
Matthew 25:31-40 (KJV)
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
May God Bless.
Online condolences may be sent at www.tyreefuneralhome.com
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Mount Hope, WV
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