Jo Williams

Betty Joan (Jo) Culbreath Williams, age 72 ended her brave battle with cancer on Thursday evening, February 16, 2012 at her home in Toone, TN. Funeral Services will be Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 2 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Dancyville United Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, February 17, 2012 from 5-7 PM in the Lea & Simmons Funeral Home. Mrs. Williams was a real estate broker and the owner of Williams Real Estate. In 2004 she received her auctioneer license for Tennessee and Mississippi. For 10 years she worked with Lynn Jackson Auctioneers and Real Estate in Bolivar. Mrs. Jo was the chairman of the Haywood County Democratic Party for 5 years and a member of the First Baptist Church in Toone. Mrs. Williams was preceded in death by her parents: Edward and Grace Brashars Culbreath, two brothers: Bobby Edward Culbreath and Billy Gene Culbreath. She is survived by her husband of 31 years: Dempsey Williams, Toone, TN, her daughter: Rosemary Williams Moss (Skip) Brownsville, TN, one grandson: Will Moss, one great granddaughter: Makya Moss and a sister-in-law: Mary Alice Culbreath. Memorials may be made to the Jo Williams Cancer Memorial Fund, c/o First Baptist Church of Toone, P.O. Box 96, Toone, TN 38381.