Mary Evelyn Martin Williams

October 3, 1917 - March 22, 2010

Mary Evelyn Martin Williams, 92, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at the Gregory Greenhouse Nursing Home at Traceway Retirement Community in Tupelo after an illness of several months. Born Oct. 3, 1917, in Rosboro, Ark., to Thomas Joseph Martin and Mary Ellen Fitzgerald Martin, she lived during her lifetime in Amity, Ark., Hot Springs, Ark., Trumann, Ark., East Orange, N.J., Memphis and Clearwater, Fla. She moved to Tupelo in 2006 to be closer to her family, living independently in the Tupelo Seniors Apartments before becoming ill in 2009 and moving to the Gregory Greenhouse. Professionally she worked for many years as an LPN after graduating from the first LPN class at St. Bernard