Mary Elizabeth Simpson: Elizabethtown

1925 – 2017

     Mary Elizabeth Simpson of Elizabethtown died Monday, Nov. 27 in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter, Whiteville.  She was 92.

     Born July 14, 1925 in Columbus County, she was the daughter of the late Lester Williams and Flettie Morse Williams and the widow of James Benny Simpson.

     She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

     In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by four sisters, Edith Prince, Dorothy Campbell, Lillian Prince, Marvelann Norris; and five brothers, Burleson Williams, Seth Williams, Hershel Williams, Hubert Williams, and Paul Lester Williams.

     She was a member of White Oak Baptist Church.

     Funeral services were planned for 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29 in the Inman Ward Funeral Home Chapel in Tabor City, burial following in Fellowship Bible Baptist Cemetery, Elizabethtown.

     Visitation was planned for the hour prior to the service in the chapel.

     A guest register is available here.