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GLADYS E. WILLIAMS
Departed this life on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Wife of the late Rev. Edgar L. Williams, Sr. She is survived by her children, Rev. Edgar L. Williams, Jr., Elizabeth G. Jackson, Ernestine Daughtry, Ossie D. Orange, Alphonso Williams and Betty J. Williams; two sisters, Ernestine Moore and Verdis McMichaels; a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, one great great-granddaughter, other relatives and friends. Sister Williams will lie in state on Thursday, February 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Friday, February 13 from 9 a.m. until Homegoing Service, 10 a.m. at the Second New St. Paul Baptist Church, 24th and Franklin Streets NE. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery. Services entrusted to JOHN T. RHINES FUNERAL HOME.
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Pamela Williams
February 23, 2015
A true inspiration and the sweetest woman I've ever known.
Geoffrey Guns
February 13, 2015
Dr. Williams, Rosetta and I offer to your family our prayers and support. May God richly bless your family in the days to come.
Rev. Dr. George Holmes
February 12, 2015
From all across this great Nation of ours, we say thank you Mrs. Gladys E. Williams for demonstrating to us, how to live everyday with class, dignity, respect, integrity and honor. Therefore, in this hour of remembrance and need, we want Betty and the entire Williams Family to know that you are not alone, we are linking our lives to your lives, we are linking our prayers to your prayers, and the majestic spirit, invaluable contributions, powerful legacy and abiding love that we all share for Mrs. Gladys E. Williams, will always be around to inspire us, through the beautiful spirit of her dedicated loving family, her devoted loving church family and her many faithful loving friends that she has so powerfully touched through her most amazing and outstanding life. To God be the Glory, for the Great Life, of this Most Powerful Lady of God.
With heartfelt sympathies,
Rev. Dr. George E. Holmes,
President Barack Obama National Clergy Leadership Group &
Chaplain and Religious Chair, District of Columbia Democratic State Committee
Chauka Reid
February 11, 2015
Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us everyday. Unseen, unheard but always near. Still loved, still missed and very dear.
David & Gloria Moses
February 11, 2015
To the Williams Family, you are in Our Prayers may God be with you through this time of sorry. We love you all, my mother Thelma Cato respect and love her dearest friend Gladys. Please remember her Legacy hold on and keep your faith in God.
Dorothy Vincent Rodgers
February 11, 2015
To Ossie and Raymond Orange in Loving Memory of Sister Williams. May the work she has done speak for Mother Gladys Weaver Williams. Ossie, you have been a faithful and loving daughter.....enjoy the memories!!!!!!!! Your neighbor
Jackie Thompson
February 11, 2015
Sincere condolences to the Williams family during this trying time. My prayers are with you. May God continue to bless you always.
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