Mattie Mullis Williams

Mrs. Mattie Mullis Williams, 77, a resident of Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Monroe and formerly of Kannapolis, died Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at the nursing center. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Saturday, June 22, 2002, at Mills Chapel Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Rom Kerley, Elder Joe Helms and Elder Larry Austin officiating. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8:00 PM Friday at the funeral home. At other times they will be at their respective homes. Born February 2, 1925, in Marshville, NC, she was a daughter of the late Lewis Mullis and the late Radah Tarleton Mullis. She retired several years ago from the sewing room of Cannon Mills, Plant One in Kannapolis. Her husband, Buren Lee Williams, preceded her in death on October 14, 1981. Survivors include two daughters, Lorraine Shue and her husband, Reid, of Mt. Pleasant, Belinda Napier and her husband, Donnie, of Polkton; two sons, Rommie Williams and his wife, Sonya, of Marshville, Randy Williams and his wife, Susan, of Kannapolis; a sister, Jewel Thomas of Marshville; a brother, L. D. Mullis of Marshville; ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Mills Chapel Primitive Baptist Church, c/o Warren Griffin, 309 Caldwell Street, Kannapolis, NC 28083.