Betty Thompson Williamson

Betty T. Williamson, aged 97, died Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Byram, MS. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at 11:00 at Woodlawn Cemetery in Columbia, MS. Lakewood Funeral Home in Jackson is directing services.

Betty was born on April 25, 1925, in Marion County to Henry and Sarah Thompson. She grew up at the Thompson family home in the Bunker Hill Community with her parents and 4 sisters.

After graduating from Bunker Hil High School, she attended Pearl River Junior College, married, and became a homemaker and mother. She was a long-standing member of Alta Woods Baptist Church in Jackson, where she also taught kindergarten for many years before retiring in 1987. She also served as a Sunday school teacher, choir member and was active in the WMU.

Betty was preceded in death by her loving husband of 62 years, TW. Williamson; son, Tom Williamson; sisters, Sue Stephenson, Ann Rawls and Rachel Rowley.

Betty is survived by her son, Michael Scott Williamson; daughter, Susan Williamson Rayborn; grandchildren, Scott Thomas Williamson (Julie), Michael Andrew Williamson (Maria), Lyndy Rayborn Pyles (Chase), and Michelle Jean Williamson. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Ainsley Adele Keen, Sara Larkin Williamson, Anderson Kale Pyles, and Arlo Keith Pyles; sister, Frances Williamson, and many nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly.

Betty will be missed by everyone whose life she touched. She was a remarkable woman, who loved without limits.

"Listen, my son, to your father's instruction; don't neglect your mothers teaching; for they are a graceful wreath on your head, and beads for your neck." Proverbs 1:8-9.