Daphne Williams Gresham

Mrs. Daphne Williams Gresham, age 91, formerly of Moore Street, Trion, GA, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2013 in Majestic Manor in Rock Springs, Ga.  Mrs. Gresham was born July 30, 1921 in Chattooga County, GA.  She was a member of the Trion First Baptist Church and was retired from Riegel Textile Corporation where she was a member of the Quarter Century Club. Mrs. Gresham was preceded in death by her first husband, Clifford Williams; second husband, Howard Gresham; father and mother, Henry and Eula Martin Hickman; and sisters, Frances Holt, Lester Grimes, and Shirley Nicholson. Mrs. Gresham is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Duke and Pauline Williams of Trion, GA; nephew and niece, Bill and Pat Pierce of Rock Springs, GA and niece and nephew, Frank and Frances Pence of Trion, GA. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.. from the Chapel of Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home with Rev. Malcolm Harris officiating.  Interment will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens. Visitation for Mrs. Daphne Williams Gresham will be Monday, June 10, 2013 at the Erwin-Petitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Pallbearers will be Richard Sumner, Mike Herring, Bill Pierce, Frank Pence, David Pence, and Paul Brown.  Honorary Pallbearers will be the Staff of Majestic Manor Assisted Living, Earl Meeks, and John Henry Thomas.