Shirley is survived by her sons Donnie Ray Williams (Wendy); Keith Gray Williams (Debbie); and Richard Dale Williams (Mandy); her sisters Dovie Borchard and Helen Staggs; her brothers Flint Patterson and Otis Patterson; her grandchildren Cristie Williams Bridges, Wade Williams, Makayla Williams, Pheobe Williams, Kody Williams, Kara Hay Williams, Taylor Williams, Savannah Williams, and Tonya Sinclair, her future great grandchild Kasey Cross; her great grandchildren Reagan Cross, Madison Hay, Will Hay, Caroline Knox, Andrew Pettigrew, Aaron Pettigrew, Kayla Bridges, Maysie Seeger, Alexis Williams, Nadia Williams, Ethan Williams and Calista Williams; her great great grandchildren River Knox, Nova Pettigrew, Mayven Pettigrew, Hank Pettigrew and Liliana Seeger.
Shirley was preceded in death by her husband Authur David Williams; her son David Wayne Williams (Candace), her sister Sarah Kelly, and her parents Opal and Gladys Patterson.
A visitation for Shirley will be held Sunday, August 27, 2023 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Hatcher Avenue Baptist Church, Jacksonville, AL, followed by a funeral service at 3:00 PM with Rev. Michael Hosch and Jessie Barksdale officiating.
Shirley will be laid to rest in White's Gap Baptist Church Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers are Kaleb Cross, Billy Hay, Wade Williams and William Bridges.
Shirley was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother and a devoted christian and a long time member of Hatcher Avenue Baptist Church. She was a married woman of 65 years to Authur David Williams and a lifelong resident of Jacksonville, AL. She had many different things she enjoyed during her lifetime. She enjoyed gardening, fishing, cooking, her sunday school class and any volunteer events at church. She was a big people person and enjoyed taking care of and spending time with her family. She was a blessing in disguise. She would take joy and bless others with it. She was a silent giver to others in need. She would also have a constant smile on her face and an occasional wink to join it. She never let you leave without knowing that she loved you. Her memories will live on forever but she will still be greatly missed.
The family requests that flowers be ordered through Accent Florist in Jacksonville AL at 256-435-6933. Please have the florist or any other florist of your choice deliver the flowers to Gray Brown by Sunday no later than 11 am.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.graybrownservice.com for the Williams family.
