Anna Corine Harper Williams went to the Lord on Saturday, February 13, 2021. She was 85 years old. She was born on February 7, 1936 to William H. 'Hop' and Kate Bradley Harper at home in the Pleasant Valley community near Shirley, Arkansas. She attended Shirley, Arkansas schools from the first through eleventh grades.
On October 2, 1953, she married Willard Williams of Clinton, Arkansas, on October 2, 1953 in Clinton. They had three children Randall, Diane, and David that they raised in Clinton.
Corine was preceded in death by her parents Kate (Bradley) and William (Hop) Harper and her in-laws Milda (Harness) and Troy Williams. She was also preceded in death by her brothers Henry, J.D., Sherman Dale, and Connie Mack Harper and three sisters Mary (Holderfield), Louise (Williams), and Billie Sue (McKay), and her nephew and niece Joe Tom and Jackie (Barnett) Harper.
She is survived by her husband of 67 years Willard Williams, two sons Randall (wife Tonya) and David (wife Jennifer), and her daughter Diane (John) Welch. She is also survived by two granddaughters Sadra (Justin) Standridge and Katherine Williams and two step granddaughters Ashton and Greyson (Randall's family), Lucian (Debra) and Logan (Robin) Welch (Diane's sons), and Ian and Ryan Williams (David's sons). She is also survived by five great grandchildren Sadra's children Brody, Bree, and Brydon Standridge, and Logan Welch's son, Mason, and Ashton's son Cash. Corine's children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren were her pride and joy. She was also survived by 34 nieces and nephews, several great and great great grandchildren. She is survived by her sisters, Maxine (Chet) Bramlett and Jean Brown Bradford.
A private (due to the weather and covid) family service will be officiated by Brother Sam Brown at Roller McNutt Funeral in Clinton on Saturday, February 20, 2021, at 10 a.m. and burial will follow at the Pee Dee Cemetery on Highway 16 East near Clinton. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in honor of Anna Corine (Harper) Williams to the Shirley Public School Foundation, Inc.
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