Dora Williams

Dora B. Williams Dora Emeline Burgess Williams, 103, of Wytheville died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Funeral service will be held Saturday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. at the Wytheville Baptist Church with the Rev. Wesley W. Huff officiating. Interment will be in West End Cemetery. She was born Aug. 31, 1907, in Mountain City, Tenn., daughter of the late Elbert Horton and Virginia Lind Jones Burgess. She was a retired English teacher, having taught elementary and high school in the Wythe and Smyth county school systems. She was a member of the Wytheville Baptist Church. She and her late husband, James A. Williams Jr., owned the Southwest Virginia Enterprise. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two daughters, Elizabeth W. Sutherland and Frances W. Porter; a son, James A. Williams III; a son-in-law, Norman Sutherland; and a daughter-in-law, Addie Williams. Survivors include three granddaughters, Ty King and husband, Chris, of Wytheville, Frances Barbour and husband, Victor, of Clayton, N.C., and Ginny Bateman and husband, Vince, of Laurinburg, N.C.; a grandson, Jay Sutherland and wife, Leigh, of Blacksburg; five great-granddaughters, Kaitlin Sutherland, Ginna Bateman, Olivia Bateman, Emmie King and Ellie King; and one great-grandson, Matthew Sutherland. The family will receive friends Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m. (service time) at the church. The family suggests that those who prefer may make memorial donations to the Wytheville Baptist Church. Barnett Funeral Home in Wytheville is in charge of the arrangements.