Minnie Williams

Minnie Marie Williams, 86, of Jackson passed away Friday, April 20, 2018, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born July 21, 1931, in Cape Girardeau to Herbert and Esther Shrum Deimund. She and Jesse Williams Sr. were married July 7, 1950, in Piggott, Arkansas. They had been married 67 years when Jesse passed away Jan. 5, 2018.

Minnie was a graduate of Jackson High School in 1949. She was a member of County Line Baptist Church. She had worked as a server at the former Sunny Hill Restaurant in Cape Girardeau and at International Shoe Factory in Jackson for 30 years until it closed. She also worked at Lee Rowan in Jackson until she retired in 1994. She loved being outdoors and working in her flowers, and always had a great garden. In her spare time, she embroidered and pieced together quilt tops.

Loving survivors include a son, Jesse (Pat) Williams Jr. of Cape Girardeau; two daughters, Cynthia (Gary Sr.) Dudley of Jackson and Juanita (Dan) Copeland of Jackson; a sister, Rosa Goehman of Chaffee, Missouri; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and one special fur baby, Maggie.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse; her parents; and a sister, Vera Weiss.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. until service time Tuesday at McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.

The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dan Brown officiating. A committal service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.

The family suggests memorials take the form of contributions to Southeast Health Foundation Cancer Fund.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.mccombsfuneralhome.com.