Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Johnnie Bell Williams

March 25, 1898 - April 18, 1996

 

South Bend Tribune 4/21/1996

SOUTH BEND - Services for Johnnie Bell Williams, 98, of 220 N. Sheridan St., who died at 3:15 p.m. Thursday in St. Joseph's Medical Center after an illness, will be at noon Tuesday in Pilgrim Baptist Church. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before services at the church. Alford's Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

 

Mrs. Williams was born March 25, 1898, in Durant, Miss., coming here in 1925 from Sunflower, Miss. She married George Williams. He preceded her in death. Surviving are a daughter, Hiawatha Cannon of South Bend; one grandchild; four great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. She was a member of the church and Marionette Charity Club.