Elma Porter Williams, age 92, of Calabash, South Carolina, formerly of Raeford, slipped away peacefully from her earthly home to her heavenly home on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 following an extended illness. She was born on July 17, 1921 in Loris, South Carolina to the late William Edward Porter and the late Olia Moore Cannon Porter. "Mrs. Elma" loved God, her family, singing, cooking, gardening and she had a delightful sense of humor. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, a member of First Baptist Church of Shallotte, and will be truly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Survivors include her three daughters, Sonya Anderson and husband, Howard of Calabash, North Carolina, Betty Smith of High Point, and Linda Sims of Durham; her two sons, Larry Williams of Stockton, California and Harold Williams and wife, Cathy of Liberty, Kentucky; eight grandchildren, Mark, Kevin, Brannon, Michael, Dale, Angel, Drew and Greg; six great-grandchildren, Emery, Cate, Julian, Logan, Jimmy and Eric; three sisters, Vera Graham of Myrtle Beach, Eva Edwards of Wilsonville, Alabama and Evelyn Gause of Marietta, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Eugene Williams; two brothers, Lacy and Garcy Porter; three sisters, Bertha Porter McDowell, Ruby Williamson and Maude Porter; and daughter-in-law, Georgia Williams.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Hardwick Memorial Chapel with Elder James Allen officiating. Committal services will follow at Antioch cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Hardwick Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Amedisys Hospice, 790 Sunset Blvd., Suite 8, Sunset Beach, NC 28468. Please sign Mrs. Williams' online guestbook at hardwickfuneralhome.com or call Hardwick Funeral Home at 843-756-7001 for further information.