Clara Mae Hedgepeth Williams, 70, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. Funeral services will be held Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. at the Philadelphia Baptist Church with the Rev. Thomas Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Survivors include one daughter, Doris Sykes of Rocky Mount; two sons, Raymond Williams of Nashville and Nathaniel Williams of Rocky Mount; three sisters, Evella White, Geneva Mills and Avarine Hedgepeth, all of Nashville; three brothers, Willie Bruce Hedgepeth, Robert Hedgepeth and Samuel Pete Hedgepeth, all of Nashville; 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Wake services will be today (Jan. 24) at Richardson Funeral Home from 7-8 p.m.