JoAnn Sullivan Williams

JoAnn Sullivan Williams passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015. JoAnn was a native New Orleanian who resided there until 2005. She was a resident of Geismar, Louisiana. She was a graduate of G.W. Carver Sr. High School (1964), Dillard University (1968), and the University of New Orleans (1986). Beloved wife to the late Clarence Williams, Jr. for 40 years at the time of his death in 2009. Devoted mother of Brian Austin Williams and the late Dionne Marie Williams. She began her thirty four year career with the Orleans Parish Public Schools as a teacher and retired from John F. Kennedy H.S. as a librarian. Daughter of the late Joseph, Jr. and Leah Taylor Sullivan. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Brian and Natalia Holland Williams; her brother, Joseph Sullivan, III and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great nephews, cousins and friends. Relatives and Friends of the family, also Priest and Parishioners are all invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 11:00am at Transfiguration of The Lord Church 2212 Prentiss Ave. New Orleans, LA. 70122. Visitation will begin at 9:00am. Father Paul H. Desrosiers, celebrant. Interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Professional Arrangements Entrusted to Majestic Mortuary (504)523-5872.