Eloise-Williams-Obituary

Eloise Owens Williams

Washington, District of Columbia

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WILLIAMS ELOISE OWENS WILLIAMS Peacefully on Friday, December 14, 2007 at Prince Georges Hospital. Beloved mother of Ntozake Shange, Ifa Bayeza, Paul T. Williams, Jr. (Ammie) and Bisa Williams. Also survived by her grandchildren, Savannah Shange, Michael Manigault, Jr , Marlowe, Paul, III and...

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We were deeply honored and grateful to have shared some moments of our existence with Mrs. Williams, our dear Bisa's mom. She was poetry in motion and an accomplished lady and mother. Her legacy to the world as a brilliant scholar, profound human being and joyful mother of outstanding children will remain untarnished in our hearts and minds. She is a living example of the many facets a person may develop in a life filled with achievements. She will be missed as a member of our extended...

I met this truly elegant person through other remarkable friends: Dr. J. Minor and Margaret Sullivan. Eloise always was gracious, interested and of a kind nature. She beamed with pride as she informed of her children"s most recent accomplishments.

I am so very grateful that our life paths had the good fortune to have crossed.

Your mother was a wonderful, lovable and fun person to be around. She was also a very good bridge partner. She will surely be missed.Our condolences to all the family.

Eloise was a wonderful and lovable person and a very good bridge partner. We will surley miss her. Our condolences to all the family.

Ms. Williams was an inspiration to humans, particularly many of the black people in Trenton. Her many positive accomplishments in life, including her extraordinary husband and her brilliant children, clearly made her existence absolutely necessary.

I am glad to have known her ... I am sad to see her leave.

I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your mother. My prayers are with you.

"How's My Child?", Aunt Eloise would ask me whenever she saw me. She asked my daughter, Gisela, the same question last year. We had gathered, as we had many times before, as an extended part of the Williams family. There we were again, more than thirty years after ‘for colored girls…” back at the New Federal Theater in NYC - this time for the fabulous reading of Ifa's "Till".

My parents, Katie and Tom, shared many events, trips and “good ole times” with Eloise and Paul during the...

No bond is as great as that between a parent and child. My deepest condolences are with you as you grieve.

Eloise is a name that I've heard spoken by Mom almost as often as I've heard her utter "George & Gregory"!

Our prayers are with the family as we also experience the loss of someone truly special in our lives.

Gregory Shepard & The Shepard Family