"Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold,"
Like so many of you, I have many golden memories of our friend, Mary Louise.
Mine begin as first graders playing jacks on ML’s big screened front porch on Washington Avenue, smelling delicious caramel cake always baking in her Nana’s kitchen, and continue until we reconnected in 2005 meeting for lunch several times in Jackson, MS, where she was living. As with most golden friendships, we picked up where we left off…and especially enjoyed sharing pictures and stories about our grandchildren. My husband, Mark, had heard me speak about Mary Louise, many times…and when he met her, he immediately felt a connection to my dear friend, ML.
Though Mary Louise won't be with us at the reunion, she will be in our hearts.
Mary Louise was my first "best friend". I have many pictures of us taken pre-school. Like Susan, I spent hours in the big green house on Washington Avenue. What a facinating place, with all its secret hiding spots. And her grandfather, the poet, giving his beloved Weezer or Weezie, he called her, a hug. Such happy memories. In my mind I can still hear her grandmother, Mrs. Francis, calling for ML to come in for the evening, "Mary LouEEEEEse!!!!!! We went in different directions, but she was still our beautiful, smiling Mary Louise.
Obituary Condolences ~
Mary Louise Williams Sharp, 61, beloved mother, sister, daughter and aunt died of cancer at her home in Brandon on Saturday, June 2, 2007. Her life will be celebrated in a family service.
Mary Louise, born in Greenville, was preceded in death by her parents, Betty Francis Williams and Auvergne Williams, Jr. She graduated from Greenville High School in 1963 and Rhodes College in Memphis in 1967. She was a member of Chi Omega Sorority.
She is survived by her daughter, Emily Elizabeth Sharp of Birmingham, Alabama; her son and daughter-in-law, William Garry Sharp and Kelley Sharp and granddaughter Emma Sharp, of Wilmington, Delaware; her sister Emily Haxton and her husband Ayres of Jackson; her brother, Auvergne Williams and his wife Margaret of Jackson; her half-brother and sister, Warren Williams of Jackson, and Michele Williams Waters and her husband Mark of Newnan, Georgia; and, nieces and nephews, Ayres Haxton, Brooks Haxton, Corinne Haxton, Ransom Williams, Mary Mitchell Williams, Chambliss Williams, Kyle Waters, and David Waters.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to Hospice Ministries, Inc., 450 Towne Centre Blvd., Ridgeland, MS 39157.
Susan Gordon (Preston)
"Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold,"
Like so many of you, I have many golden memories of our friend, Mary Louise.
Mine begin as first graders playing jacks on ML’s big screened front porch on Washington Avenue, smelling delicious caramel cake always baking in her Nana’s kitchen, and continue until we reconnected in 2005 meeting for lunch several times in Jackson, MS, where she was living. As with most golden friendships, we picked up where we left off…and especially enjoyed sharing pictures and stories about our grandchildren. My husband, Mark, had heard me speak about Mary Louise, many times…and when he met her, he immediately felt a connection to my dear friend, ML.
Though Mary Louise won't be with us at the reunion, she will be in our hearts.
Debbie Wood (Boerger)
Mary Louise was my first "best friend". I have many pictures of us taken pre-school. Like Susan, I spent hours in the big green house on Washington Avenue. What a facinating place, with all its secret hiding spots. And her grandfather, the poet, giving his beloved Weezer or Weezie, he called her, a hug. Such happy memories. In my mind I can still hear her grandmother, Mrs. Francis, calling for ML to come in for the evening, "Mary LouEEEEEse!!!!!! We went in different directions, but she was still our beautiful, smiling Mary Louise.
Robert Wylie
Mary Louise Williams Sharp
Obituary Condolences ~
Mary Louise Williams Sharp, 61, beloved mother, sister, daughter and aunt died of cancer at her home in Brandon on Saturday, June 2, 2007. Her life will be celebrated in a family service.
Mary Louise, born in Greenville, was preceded in death by her parents, Betty Francis Williams and Auvergne Williams, Jr. She graduated from Greenville High School in 1963 and Rhodes College in Memphis in 1967. She was a member of Chi Omega Sorority.
She is survived by her daughter, Emily Elizabeth Sharp of Birmingham, Alabama; her son and daughter-in-law, William Garry Sharp and Kelley Sharp and granddaughter Emma Sharp, of Wilmington, Delaware; her sister Emily Haxton and her husband Ayres of Jackson; her brother, Auvergne Williams and his wife Margaret of Jackson; her half-brother and sister, Warren Williams of Jackson, and Michele Williams Waters and her husband Mark of Newnan, Georgia; and, nieces and nephews, Ayres Haxton, Brooks Haxton, Corinne Haxton, Ransom Williams, Mary Mitchell Williams, Chambliss Williams, Kyle Waters, and David Waters.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to Hospice Ministries, Inc., 450 Towne Centre Blvd., Ridgeland, MS 39157.
Published in Clarion Ledger - June 8, 2007