Williams, Opal Curry

Passed: 1980-03-21

Age: 59

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1980-03-26

Information: KENNA WOMAN DIES IN KANAWHA CRASH - Kenna resident, Opal Curry Williams, 59, died Friday evening in a Charleston hospital as the result of injuries suffered in a two-vehicle accident in Charleston on the Kanawha Boulevard, Thursday.  She was a passenger in a truck driven by her husband, Arnold Williams, 59 of Kenna.  The truck and a sports car collided head-on.  Mr. Williams is hospitalized at General Division, Charleston Area Medical Center, with serious injuries.  Mrs. Williams was born at Sandyville, daughter of John H. and Nellie Beymer Curry.  She was a member of Sandyville United Methodist Church.  In addition to her husband, she is survived by two step-sons, Niles of Dallas, Texas, and David of Sandyville; two brothers, Johnny Curry of Sandyville and Charles Curry of Racine, Ohio; a half-brother, Bill Curry of Sandyville; four sisters, Mrs. Velma Sayre of Sandyville, Mrs. Jean Marshall of Spencer, Mrs. Ruth Street of St. Marys and Mrs. Betty Knightstep of Dunbar; a half-sister, Mrs. Lucy Starkey of Ripley; and two grandchildren.  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Vail Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Patton and the Rev. Armor Sayre officiating.  Burial was in Independence Cemetery at Sandyville.