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DATE: Friday, April 12, 1996                 TAG: 9604120522
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MAE J. WILLIAMS

Mae Johnson ``Topsy'' Williams, 81, of 213 Sycamore Road, died April 10, 1996, at home.

She was a native of Sussex County, and the daughter of the late E.F. and Rebecca Simmons Johnson. She was the widow of Frederick Warren Williams. She was a member of High Street United Methodist Church and its United Methodist Women.

Surviving are her daughter, Becky W. Frank and her husband, George, of Fort Bragg, N.C.; son, F. Warren Williams Jr. and his wife, Susan, of Richmond; two sisters, Annie J. Lewis of Stony Creek and Inez J. Dale of Jarrett; brother, Frank A. Johnson of Jarrett; five grandchildren, Kendy W. Wood, K. Tener Williams, Lisa M. Williams, Rebecca B. Frank and Gregory Frank; and a great-granddaughter, Lauren Christine Wood.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at High Street United Methodist Church by the Rev. Edward Johnson. Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Wright Funeral Home from 7 to 8 p.m. today, and suggests that memorials be made to High Street United Methodist Church.

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