Williaams , Vivian

Vivian Beatrice Williams of Greensboro and formally of Dillon died Tuesday at a Greensboro Hospital after an illness. Born in Marlboro County the daughter of Idella E. Ratley and the late Andrew Ratley. She was a graduate of Dillon High School the class of 1985. Vivian Beatrice Williams, lovely called Beatrice was born March 8, 1967 in Marlboro County to Idella and the late Andrew Ratley. She departed her life on January 11, 2011 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro North Carolina where she lived. Beatrice was educated in the Dillon County School System and was a 1985 graduate of Dillon High School. She attended Florence Darlington Technology College in Florence, SC and Wella’s Carolina Beauty School in Greensboro, NC. She leaves to cherish her memory two daughters Jonisha Williams and Victoria Williams to their father (John Samuel Brown); one granddaughter: La’Naiyah Ashari Brown. Mother: Idella Ratley, brothers: Ronald Williams and Timothy Ratley, sisters: Carrie (Bobby) Purnell, Evan. Della (Shawn)McCollum, Felecia Ratley, Jamie Kearse and Dorothy Ezekiel, uncles: Luke (Margaret) Ezekiel and James Ezekiel, aunts: Eunice Smith, Ester Ezekiel and Ann (James) Hines, nine nephews, thirteen nieces, three great nephews and three great nieces. and a host of very special relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held Saturday January 15, 2011, 1 PM at New Holly United Methodist Church with Rev. Ronald McCall, pastor and burial will follow in the church cemetery.