MS. LAURA WILLIAMS JOHN

MS. LAURA WILLIAMS JOHN obituary, Pearl River, MS

MS. LAURA WILLIAMS JOHN

LAURA JOHN Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by John E. Stephens Chapel Funeral Services on Dec. 8, 2025.
Funeral services for Ms. Laura Williams John will be held at 2 PM Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at St. Therese Catholic Church with Father Bob Goodyear officiating. Interment will be in the Pearl River Community Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 AM Sunday, December 14, 2025 at Pearl River CERF Building. John E. Stephens Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Ms. John, 72, passed away on Sunday, December 7, 2025 at her home. She was Catholic by faith and enjoyed traveling and a Girl Scout Leader.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Johnson Williams and Annie May Farve Williams; daughters, Juanitsa Lewis, Arrah John; son, Ted Bowen John; sisters, Marion Isaac, Brenda Sue Wilson; great-grandson, Abram John.

Survivors include daughter, Dawnena Jefferson; sisters, Lana Rose Tubby, Amanda Williams; brothers, Leon Williams, Gavin Williams; 7 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.

Pallbearers are Dustin John, Nehemiah Lewis, Alan Martin, Ciquala Sampson, Dayton Bell, Jeremiah Mingo, Sr.

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