Ellen Widener "Sissy" Williamson

Ellen "Sissy" Widener Williamson, 68, died Saturday, July 11, 2009 at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon. She was a very caring and loving person, always the caregiver. She was a member of Crossroads Church of Christ at Wytheville. She was the devoted wife of the late Bill Williamson to whom she was married for 27 years. She graduated from the Radford College School of Nursing and pursued a 30-year career in nursing. Survivors include two daughters, Pam Francis and husband, Mark, of Marion, Ohio, and Janet Huff and husband, Gary, of Fishers, Ind.; one sister, Connie Hayton and husband, Ralph, of Marion; one brother, David Widener and wife, Cledith, of Seven Mile Ford; two grandchildren, Jerrit Francis and Anna-Leigh Boyd; two great grandchildren, Anna Elizabeth Boyd and Seth Aaron Boyd; and a very special little friend whom Ellen considered her granddaughter, Bryanna Winters; as well as several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 14, at 8 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel with the Rev. Greg Dill and the Rev. Mark Lundy officiating. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Rose Lawn Cemetery in Marion. The family received friends Tuesday from 6 p.m. until time of the service. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory was in charge of arrangements.