Williams, Mary Price
Mary Davidson Price Williams, 75, of Madisonville, KY passed away, Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville, IN.
Mary was born June 22, 1944 in Christiansburg, VA., the second of three daughters, of B.F. “Shockey” Price and Ruth Louise Davidson Price. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Martha Montgomery.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Van Williams; two daughters, Tracy (Tim) Stephenson of Apison, TN and Shawn (Jeffrey) Hudgins of Clemmons, NC; one son, Chad (Regina) Williams of Evansville, IN; one sister, Jane (Lonnie) Huff of Clemmons, NC; eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Mary graduated from Blacksburg High School in June 1962. Mary later married her sweetheart Van B. Williams from Wythe County, VA. on October 7, 1962.
Daddy and Mama relocated several times while Daddy was serving in the Air Force before surrendering to the call of the ministry. Daddy and Mama’s final destination was Madisonville, KY. where Mama was a pastor’s wife for 33 years. Mama stood faithfully by Daddy throughout their 33 years of ministry at Maranatha Baptist Church.
Mama was a born again Christian who loved her Lord and served Him faithfully. She always had the desire to tell everyone about Jesus so that they could trust in Jesus as their Savior and one day join her in Heaven. Mama lived a life that glorified and exemplified Christ and she was excited at the thought that one day she would be with her heavenly Father.
Mama believed her greatest honor was being a wife and a mother and she did it well. She loved being with her children and caring for them. We always felt safe and loved. Mama was a great example of a Proverbs 31 wife and mother.
God gifted Mama with the gift of giving. She was always giving and doing for others with such a sweet, happy spirit. Mama shined her brightest when she knew that she had made others happy. What a blessing she was.
Loved ones that went before Mama are her parents Shockey and Ruth Price and her sister Martha Price Montgomery. Loved ones that will miss Mama until we meet again are our Daddy Van Williams, her daughter Tracy Williams Stephenson and son in law Tim Stephenson, her daughter Shawn Williams Hudgins and son in law Jeffrey Hudgins, her son Chad Williams and daughter in law Regina Williams, her grandchildren T.J. Stephenson, Ashleigh Pritchard, Dalton Hudgins, Brynn Hudgins, Megan Williams, Makenzie Williams, Katelyn Williams, Chance Williams, her great grandchild Evander and her Aunt Alma Hanscom of Jacksonville, FL.
I’ll leave you now by using the quote that mama would use in closing a letter/email, “Listening for the sound of the trumpet.”
Until we meet again Mama. We love you so very much!
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday February 22, 2020 at McCoy Funeral Home in Blacksburg, VA. Burial will follow in the Snider Family Cemetery in Prices Fork, VA.
Visitation will be 9:00 A.M. until the service time at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to Maranatha Baptist Church in Madisonville.
February 23, 2020 @ 9:44 pm
A beautiful tribute. Love & blessings to all family and friends.
February 24, 2020 @ 12:18 am
I am so glad I met Mary. It was in 2007. I received a call from her when we were leaving the church from my mother’s funeral. I talked with her a few weeks after that to learn that we were cousins on my dad’s side of the family. I later met her and Van at a restaurant in Kentucky and fell in love with them. They were wonderful people. I live in CA but was able to meet with her a couple or so times to get more acquainted, and talked on the phone several times. She was a great Christian lady and I really loved her. I will miss her very much but she has made it to her home. I will see her there when I go home!