Williams, Velma Mae Casto

Passed: 1964-11-01

Age: 44

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1964-11-06

Information: Mrs. Velma Mae Williams, 44, of Kenna, died Sunday night at the St. Francis hospital in Charleston after a long illness.  The funeral service will be held at the Grasslick Baptist church at Kenna today (Wednesday) at one o'clock and the burial with the Vail undertakers in charge will be in the church cemetery.  Rev. Vairl Winter and Rev. Earl Gumm will officiate at the service.  Mrs. Williams was born at Belgrove on October 1, 1920, a daughter of Leonard and Golda Skeen Casto.  She was a member of the Grasslick Baptist church and the Kenna Grange.        Survivors include her husband, Arnold O. Williams; two sons, Nile and David, both at home; two brothers, Burton Casto of Charleston and Perry O. Casto of Kentuck; three sisters, Mrs. Glenda Parsons and Mrs. Luda Sheets, both of Kenna, and Mrs. Garnet Bishop of Charleston, and her father, Leonard Casto of Cabin Creek.  Mrs. Williams was a lifelong resident of the Kenna community, and until illness overtook her was active in all community affairs and was a generally recognized leader in the development of her community.  Her death had been expected for several days, friends of her family said.