Emma Fay Williams

Emma Fay Williams, one of thirteen children of Bessie Elizabeth (Allumbaugh) and John Brown Stacy, was born on November 6, 1916, in Mills County, Iowa. She grew up in Glenwood, Iowa and attended country school near Balfour through the 8th grade. Following school, Emma worked at home helping her parents.

Emma and Aaron Williams were united in marriage in Lufkin, Nacogdoches County, Texas on August 5, 1939. Aaron was a carpenter and worked general construction at the air bases in the United States during WWII. They lived in many states throughout the early years of their marriage. They were blessed with eight children, Mary Lou, Ronald Aaron, Sidney George, David Lee, Robert Joseph, Eunice Fay, Marjorie Lynn, and Joan Elizabeth. Emma enjoyed being a mother and caring for her family. In 1951, the family moved to rural Glenwood, Iowa where Aaron continued his work in carpentry. The children attended school in Glenwood and the Hillsdale Methodist Church. Later, Emma and Aaron moved to a home west of Malvern, Iowa.

Emma and Aaron had been married 47 years when Aaron died at the Nishna Care Center in Malvern on December 31, 1986. Emma continued to live in their home and later moved to the Malvern Village. In 1996, Emma moved to Harrison, Arkansas to live with her daughter, Mary Greenlee and her husband Jack. Emma passed away at the North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison on March 6, 2008, at the age of 91 years and 4 months.

Emma was preceded in death by her parents; husband Aaron; infant twin siblings; brothers Kit Stacy and wife Madge, Archie Stacy and wife Ruth, and Alford Stacy; sisters Bernice Winslow and husband Dick, Mildred Stacy, Marjorie Knight and husband Bill, Violet Williams and husband William, Elva Knight and husband Clarence; brothers-in-law Orval Nolan and Tom Bradley.

Emma is survived by her children, Mary Greenlee and husband Jack of Harrison, AR; Ronald Williams of Des Moines, IA; Sid Williams and wife Josie of Malvern, IA; David Williams of Glenwood, IA; Robert Williams of Creston, IA; Eunice Blackman and husband Donald of Malvern; Marjorie Roberts and husband Terry of Harrison, AR; and Joan Bendt and husband Ronnie of Glenwood; 23 grandchildren; 55 great grandchildren; 7 great great grandchildren; her twin sister Olive Nolan of Sidney, IA and sister Doris Bradley of Lakewood, CO; many other relatives and friends.

Burial will be in the Malvern Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established.