Joy Williams

WILSON - Carolyn Joyce "Joy" Allgood Williams, died peacefully, Friday, December 25, 2015, in her home.

Funeral, Tuesday, 1 PM, First Baptist Church, followed by a time of visiting and sharing. Interment will be for and at the convenience of the family.

She was born in Rocky Mount on December 6, 1930, to the late Thomas G. and Mary Lou Boyette Allgood. Joy was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Her family was very important to her and having them all together at "Mimi's house" for one of her delicious meals was a highlight in her life.

A member of First Baptist for over 70 years, her service to the Lord and others was a priority. She certainly loved her church and taught Sunday School for over 55 years, worked with the youth, Mission Friends and assisted in the after school program for under privileged children. Active in Cub Scouts, she was the first Den Mother to received the honored Green Band Award.

Joy always loved meeting new people and making friends of most of them. She was a volunteer for a number of years for Meals On Wheels and at Avante Nursing where she was loved by the staff and residents alike. She could always be counted on to visit the shut-ins and those who received one of her wonderful handwritten notes counted themselves blessed.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Ben Williams; parents; beloved son, Jeff Jones; brothers, Gene and Tom Allgood, Jr., sister-in-law, Shirley Allgood; infant sister, Cecilia Jane.

Surviving is her son, Tom Jones (Kay) of Greenville; granddaughter, Amanda Dougherty (Tom) of Wilson; grandson , Bennett Jones (Jennifer) of Clayton; great-grandsons, Wooten Dougherty (stationed in Iwakuni, Japan), Christian Dougherty and Carson Jones; great-granddaughers, Anna Gracen Dougherty and Sydney Jones, sister-in-law, Susie D. Allgood of Tarboro along with special nieces and their families.

Memorials are suggested to the Mary-Martha Sunday School Class, First Baptist Church, PO Box 1467, Wilson, NC 27894-1467; Sudan Shriners Childrens Hospital, 403 E. Front Street, New Bern, NC 28560, or the charity of one's choice.

"A special thank you goes out to all of the wonderfull staff at Avante who cared for our Mimi during her 11 weeks stay and the loving ladies of Disciples Caregivers and Hospice nurses who allowed her peace in her last days on this earth."