FRANKLINTON - Funeral services for Mr. William H. Williams, 81, who died Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, at Coley Springs Baptist Church, with the Rev. Quentin Alston officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Surviving: wife, Susie Williams; daughters, Malissa Cheeks, Mozelle Chapman, Myrtis Singletary, Margaret Williams, all of Brooklyn, N.Y., Ozelle Howell of Baltimore, Md., Malinda Avent of Nashville, Joyce Wilder of Franklinton, and Marie Andrews of Sterling, Va.; sons, Julius Williams of Glouster, Va., Norman Williams of Virginia Beach, Va., and James L. Williams of Raleigh; sisters, Rosa Poole and Yvonne Williams, both of Henderson, and Debra of Long Island, N.Y.; brothers, Gordon Williams of Henderson and James Williams of Silver Spring, Md.; 13 grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren.

Open visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. today (Wednesday, Aug. 9) at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.