Ellen Widener Williamson

Ellen (Sissy) Widener Williamson, 68, of Marion, Va., died Saturday, July 11, 2009, at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, Virginia. She was a very caring and loving person, always the care giver. She was a member of the 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. She is survived by two daughters, Pam Francis and husband, Mark, of Marion, Ohio and Janet Huff and husband, Gary, of Fishers, Indiana; one sister, Connie Hayton and husband, Ralph, of Marion, Virginia; one brother, David Widener and wife, Cledith, of Seven Mile Ford, Virginia; 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 will be held Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 8 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel with the Reverend Greg Dill and the Reverend Mark Lundy officiating. Graveside services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Rose Lawn Cemetery in Marion, Virginia. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening 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 is serving the Williamson Family.