Stella G. Williams

Stella Louise Gressman Williams, 68, peacefully passed away surrounded by family on January 5, 2017. Mrs. Williams was a lifelong resident of The City of Tarrant. She was preceded in death by her husband Lewis Scott Williams of Tarrant, parents, Huey and Edna Lou Gressman, half-sister Thella Mae Jordan (Richard), half-Brother Tommy Burgess (Jewell), and niece Brenda Martin. She is survived by one brother Jack Wayne Gressman (Marilyn) of The City of Tarrant. She is also survived by what she considered her greatest treasures, her nieces and nephews, Linda Martin of TN, Jeanie Alexander of Tarrant, Brittney K Gressman of Tarrant, Courtney B Gressman (Brandon Hand) of Pinson, Bre~Anna Gressman of Tarrant, Mike Judkins (Marion) of Tn, David Jordan (Windy) of Kimberley, Ray Jordan (Allysa) of Alabaster, Lesa Grimes (Chris), Sheila Ramsey (Billy), and Patricia Craig; a host of great nieces, nephews, and many friends.

Funeral Services and visitation will be held at Ridouts Gardendale Chapel. Visitation will be at 6:00 p.m. Monday, January 9th. Funeral will be Tuesday, January 10th at 3:00 p.m.

Mrs. Williams was blessed with some very amazing people in her life and her brother, Jack and I would like to take the opportunity to thank those that went above and beyond the call of duty for Mrs. Williams care. First we would like to thank our children Brittney, Courtney and Bre~Anna for always being there to care for her through thick and thin. We never once had to ask our kids to participate in the care of Aunt Stella. They pitched in and did things without ever having to be asked to do so. They were never upset when Dad or I had to miss an event to be home with Stella. We would like to thank our son in law, Brandon Hand for stepping right in the family and taking charge of all the grass cutting and household maintenance. God blessed us with some pretty amazing neighbors to fill in where we had a void. Thank you to Lesa Calhoun and Nycole Calhoun for all the times you came to our rescue when we needed a break or needed to attend an event with our kids. Thank you for checking on her, walking the dog and providing food!! Thank you to Dustin Thorne for cutting the grass. Thank you Rick Calhoun for coming no matter what time of day when something needed repaired or we needed help with Aunt Stella. And a big thank you to Alaya Calhoun for always making us smile. It took a village to take care of her and she was very fortunate to have a pretty amazing village.