Claudie Williams

SIKESTON - Claudie Mae Williams, 65, died June 6, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

Born Aug. 16, 1936, in Grenada, Miss., to Mary Mitchell Williamson of Sikeston and the late Frank Williamson Sr., she was a member of the Freewill Missionary Baptist Church.

She married Lester Williams Sr. who survives of Rockfork, Ill.

Other survivors include: four sons, Lester Williams Jr., Chester Williams and Mark Williams of Sikeston and Jimmy Williams of Belleville, Ill., two daughters, Nadine Chamberlain of Winston Salem, N.C., and Teresa Williamson of Sikeston; four sisters, Mary Francis Parker, Essie Mae Calvin and Bobbie Lee McCain of Sikeston and Clara Mae Barton of Oakland, Calif.; and 10 grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Friends may call from noon Wednesday at Lighthouse Outreach Ministry until services scheduled for 1 p.m. The Rev. Victor Williams, pastor of the Freewill Missionary Baptist Church, will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Sunset of Memories Cemetery.

Williams-Farr and Purnell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.