Eleanor Williams, 84, of Hamlet, went to be with her Lord on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst.
She was born May 4, 1939 in Richmond County, a daughter of David and Margaret Brooks Reaves.
She is a graduate of the Hamlet Hospital School of Nursing and Wingate University, where she earned her BSN. She is a retired operating room nurse from Sandhills Regional Medical Center. She attended Hamlet First Baptist Church. She enjoyed lifelong hobbies of reading, ceramics, cross stitching and sewing.
She was preceded in death by her parents, David and Margaret Reaves; her stepfather, Paul Averitte; husband, Herman Adam Williams Sr.; a grandson, Tyler Adams Williams; and sisters Betty Cox and Myrna Reaves; and a stepbrother, Bill Averitte.
A graveside service will be conducted Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 at 3 p.m. at Richmond Co. Memorial Park Mausoleum with Dr. Allison Farrah and David Fore officiating. The family will receive friends after the service.
Surviving are her children, Herman Adam Williams Jr. and wife Judy, Michael David Williams and Margaret Catherine Williams, all of Hamlet; grandchildren, Alexandria W. Merriett (Mason) and Noah Thomas Williams; great-grandchildren, Amelia Clark Merriett, Nova Sage Merriett and Kaleb Adam Williams; step-grandchildren, Oliva Noel Merriett and Brady Allen Merriett; sisters, Sandy Hancock and husband John, Nancy Nobles and husband Sam; and sister-in-law, Nancy Little Averitte.
Memorials may be made to Heritage Baptist Church, 1301 S. Long Drive, Rockingham, NC 28379; or Richmond Co. Hospice, 1119 U.S. Hwy. 1 N Rockingham, NC 28379.
Online condolences may be made at watson-kingfuneralhome.com. Watson-King Funeral Home in Hamlet is serving the Williams family.
NOTE: A corrected version of this obituary was provided by the funeral home after initial publication.
