The Prescott daily news., 1918-01-02
MRS. JEANETTE D. WILLIAMS
Died at Prescott, Arkansas, December
 23rd, 1917.

thank God-When l call to re- membrance the unfeigned faith that IS in thee which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and thy mother Eunice." c Tim. 1;3-5)
 Mrs Williams was of Scottish an- cestry and was born in Williamsburg District, South Carolina, March 16th, 1885. She united with the Indiantown Presbyterian church at the age of twelve years. On January 18th, 1854. she was married to Dr. John C. Will Hams. He died in 1858. She thus early became widow, yet mother "the holiest thing alive"-and had the comfort of three small boys left She and her mother, Mrs. Mary M. Bur gess, also widow, lived together and remained in South Carolina until after the war between the States. In 1866 they moved to Hampstead county, Ar kansas, and settled near Marlbrook Presbyterian church on eighty acres of unimproved land. The land was cleared and improved by the labor of her boys. She and her mother imme- diately joined the church and were members until death, and are buried in the Church cemetery She taught in the Sabbath school, and at times was superintendent. Many of the youths of the community learned the Cathechism from her. She had many of the colored children to come to her home on Sunday afternoon and learn the Bible and Cathechism. The pas sion of Mrs. Williams was the rearing and education of her boys. This she, resolved to do. On account of the dis tress that followed the war this strug- gle was attended by many hardships and sacrifices of the family, but she never lost faith in God, whom she be- lieved to be the widows champion and defense. With mother and grand mother, under the influence of this old country church, the sons became noble men. The oldest, A. Burgess Williams, died in 1899, an elder in the Second Church at Pine Bluff, Arkan- sas. The second, Dr. C. Craig Will Hams, was one of our strongest minis ters in this synod He preached for thirty years and died in the pulpit in 1913. The strength and popularity of the youngest, Dr. John c. Williams, who survives her, is attested by the fact that he has preached for thirty two years in Ouachita Presbytery. He is now pastor at Prescott, Arkansas.
 Great emergencies develop great characters. This was true of the war. That baptism of blood through which the country passed, developed the soul of the people-then principally wid- ows, orphans and maimed soldiers, and taught them self-sacrifce and generosity.
 The subject of this sketch is a fit ting representative of the heroism of the womanhood of our country while riven by war and sectional hate The history of the work of the women dur ing and following the war has never been properly written. Let us hope that some day it may be. Many of their names have not been preserved, but the Recording Angel knows them and their Tabor was not in vain in the Lord" Mother Williams, as she was affectionately called, was bene- diction to the Marlbrook community in which she lived for over fifty years, and the high esteem in which she was held was evidenced by the great num- Der of people who attended when she was laid to rest.
 "It is sweet to go when the Master
 calls,
 If your work is all we'll done;
 It is sweet to rest when the day is past,
 If that rest has been fairly won."
 THOMAS C. McRAE.
 December 31st, 1917.