Betty Jean Taylor Williams

She was born August 2, 1955, in Catawba County and was the daughter of the late Mary Magaline Christopher Taylor and Rupert Sherrill Taylor, Sr. She was a faithful and devoted homemaker and of the Baptist faith.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Jackie Lee Johnson; and three brothers, George, David and Nelson Taylor.

She is survived by her husband, Robert David Williams, Sr., whom she married on December 8, 1972; a daughter, Melissa (William) Sewell; two sons, Robert “Robbie” (Lisa) Williams, Jr. and Michael Williams, all of Statesville; four grandchildren, Hope Nicole Sewell, Charleston Danielle Sewell and Dwayne Lee Williams, all of Statesville, and Brandon Scott Williams of Indiana; a great-grandchild, Bailey Lee Sewell of Statesville; three sisters, Dorothy (Frank) Hammer and Becky Adams, both of Stony Point, Julie Spenser of Lincolnton; two brothers, Rupert (Beulah) Taylor, Jr. of Claremont and Jerry (Cathy) Taylor of Sherrills Ford; and her mother-in-law, Eloise M. Leazer of Statesville.

Funeral service celebrating Betty’s life will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, June 7, 2015, in the Westmoreland Chapel of Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Brian St. John officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 PM Saturday, June 6, 2015, at Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home.

Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.bunchjohnsonfuneralhome.com.

For those who prefer, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Iredell county, 2347 Simonton Road, Statesville, NC 28625.

Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.