Mrs. Mary Jeannette Williams Dezern, 98, passed away at her home in Brownsville, TN, Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Funeral Services will be at 11:00 A.M., Friday, August 15, 2014 in the Oakwood Cemetery. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 - 10:45 A.M, Friday, August 15, 2014, in the Lea and Simmons Funeral Home. Mrs. Dezern was preceded in death by her husband: James Clancey (J.C.) Dezern, her parents: Ernest B. Williams and Mary Lillian Pearl Cox Williams, one daughter: Nita Faye Dezern, two brothers: Everette B. Williams and Curtis S. Williams, two sisters: Arlene Joyner and Peggy Osborne, one niece: Patsy Williams Summers and one nephew: Richard Curtis Williams. She is survived by one daughter: Mary Jane Dezern, Brownsville, TN, three nieces: Marilyn Harrell Booth, Brownsville, TN, Joline Joyner Hiner, FL, Dianne Osborne Breakstone, Collierville, TN, one great niece: Ashley Williams Castellaw (Levoy), one great nephew: E. Bradley Williams (Michele), two great-great nephews: Ethan Bradley Williams (Kelsey) and Ben Castellaw, three great-great nieces: Morgan Williams Simpson (Blake), Whitley Williams and Marbry Castellaw, all of Brownsville, TN and many other nieces and nephews.
Memorials are requested to the Reading Railroad, P.O. Box 25, Brownsville, TN 38012 or the Charity of the Donor's Choice.