Oralee Williams

union of Willie and Margaret Kelly on October 15, 1924, in Tignall,

Georgia. Oralee accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at

Pole Branch Baptist Church in Tignall. As a young girl, Oralee went to

live in Atlanta to help care for her father's sister, Ruth. She cared for

her Aunt Ruth until graduating from Booker T. Washington High

School in Atlanta.

In the 1940's, Oralee moved to Seattle, Washington, joining her

older sister, Belle, at the Boeing Company, where they were known

as the iconic "Rosie the Riveter." She worked at Boeing and various

other jobs until she found the job of her dreams at the University of

Washington Hospital as a trained hydro-therapist in the physical

therapy department until she retired to care full-time for her

youngest daughter.

It was important that Oralee keep God a constant present in her life.

After moving to Seattle, she became an active and devoted member

of Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, and later, Mount Zion

Baptist Church.

Oralee was a very creative woman. She loved to cook, sew, and

garden. Her specialties were cakes and pies. She also baked the best

biscuits ever...just ask Mike!

Oralee was called home on Thursday, October 11, 2012. Preceding

her in her homegoing were her parents, Willie and Margaret, her

husband, Ernest, her daughter, Cecilia "Sacy," and brothers, Henry

"Bud" and Johnie "Papa."

She leaves to mourn her children, Thomas, Webb, Joan (Jeffrey), and

Gregory, all of Seattle; her sisters, Belle, Mary, Wyneal, all of Seattle,

and Evelyn (Ray) of Kansas; her brothers, Lenon of Seattle and Norris

(Barbara) of California; ten grandchildren, eleven greatgrandchildren

and a host of relatives and friends.