Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Estelle Brownlee Williamson
Estelle Brownlee Williamson, 85, of Laurel, died Thursday, April 15, 2004, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Oakland Grove Baptist Church in Jones County with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Jimmy Jones will officiate.
A homemaker, she was a member of Oakland Grove Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John Oscar and Ida Brownlee; husbands, Elmer Eidson, J. W. Webb and Vernon Williamson; sons, Elmer Eidson Jr. and Raymond Eidson; grandson, Kenneth G. Broadway; seven brothers, Austin Brownlee, Sim Brownlee, Woodrow Brownlee, Aden Brownlee, Vardeman Brownlee and Buddy Brownlee; three sisters, Adelle Davenport, Martha Jones and Katie Kelley.
She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, William O. and Patricia Eidson of Houma, La., Charles and Janet Eidson of New Albany, and Mark Webb of Laurel; two daughters and a son-in-law, Rachel Broadway of Laurel and Kaye and Earl Mitchell of Northport, Ala.; one daughter-in-law, Debra Eidson of Vossburg; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Michael Eidson, Reggie Mitchell, Joe Eidson, Matthew Eidson, Kyle Eidson, Charles Eidson and Justin Wade.
The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m., Sunday. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m., until 7 p.m., today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, which is in charge of arrangements.
Saturday, April 17, 2004