Sandra Jeanette Williams

Our beloved Mother, Sandra Jeanette Williams, 88, of West Palm Beach, FL, peacefully stepped into eternity on May 28, 2026, joyfully reuniting with her late husband and the love of her life, Willie James Williams, Jim.

She leaves behind a legacy of love in her children, Jim, Jr. and Sherry; her three grandsons, Christopher, Nicholas, and Reinhard; and her two great-grandsons, Tyler and Apollo. Her warmth and devotion to her family will never be forgotten.

Born in Miami, Fl., she was the cherished daughter of Belvie Ilmon and Meribell Jeanette Mobley. She grew up as the youngest of three children, sharing a lifetime of love and memories and was preceded in death by her beloved brother, Belvie, Jr. and survived by her dear sister, Dorothy.

In 1951, Mom and her family moved to Belle Glade, Fl where she spent her high school years at Belle Glade Community High School. Mom was well known socially in school being a member of the Glee Club and Rainbow Girls, held a major role in the Senior Play, played the flute and was an accomplished majorette in the Marching Band. During these years Mom met her only love and life partner, Jim, and they were married, June 5, 1955, three days after her graduation.

They took up residence in the nearby, small town, of South Bay where she 1st became “Mom” giving birth to Jim, Jr., May 22, 1956 followed years later by my birth, Sherry, July 5, 1961. Mom was deeply devoted to her family; once we were attending school, she became the caretaker at the local community park watching over us and other children after school ensuring safety and providing all with games and playground equipment. This kept Mom close to us and fulfilled her desire to give back to the community.

When a better job opportunity was presented to Dad, we packed up and moved to the “big city”, West Palm Beach, into a house built just for us in December, 1969. Here Mom set up housekeeping and made this a warm and loving home; a home whose walls still whisper love and its rooms hold her warmth to this day. As we got older, Mom worked part-time at a fabric store, but was still there for us after school, until it closed down. Mom was an excellent cook, seamstress and crafter; she made some of the best Southern meals you could imagine, always wholesome and complete, including desert, that you didn’t get if you failed to clean your plate. Mom was diverse and artistic in her crafting; she painted pictures that hang in our home, dabbled in hook rugs, and ceramics, and made clothes for herself and me. Mom’s talent in clothes design and sewing was best displayed in the wedding gowns she made for me; all lace and every bead hand-sewn into place with love. We were a church-going family, every Sunday, where Mom and Dad were Sunday School Teachers; once we graduated high school and moved out of this home they continued their involvement. Mom also returned to work, this time as a Secretary in the Guidance office of Forest Hill High School; the school both Jim, Jr. & I graduated from. As the years passed, our family grew; Mom and Dad enjoyed their senior years together, in the same home, as Grandparents and Great-Grandparents remaining very active in our lives. Mom hosted many family dinners during the holidays and on birthdays bringing all of us together; we often celebrated in song while Mom played the organ, a talent Mom passed onto me.

Mom & Dad did everything together; you rarely saw one without the other. Mom’s life, as did ours, suffered a major loss with the passing of her devoted husband, our dad, Jim, of almost 69 years, May 13, 2024; a loss she was never at peace with. Over these last two years, Mom chose to remain alone in the large home she had spent all the many golden years of her life; she walked the rooms missing him, although she rarely spoke of it except to look across the room at his picture on the organ and say “he’s always watching and smiling at me”. We felt her pain and did what we could to ease it.

Ours has been a close loving family; we are grateful for the lifetime of love and beautiful memories. Although we will miss her dearly, we will cherish these memories, remember her love as she remains in our hearts forever and always, and rejoice in knowing Mom’s long-awaited reunion is complete. Mom has returned to her life soulmate, Jim, Dad’s side, to rest in eternal peace and happiness. May their spirits dance together among the stars forever; their beautiful earthly love story is now eternal.