Lenoir County NcArchives Photo Tombstone.....Williams, Mary Elizabeth LIZZIE 
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Cemetery:           Colonel John Williams Cemetery
Name:               Mary Elizabeth LIZZIE Williams

Date Of Photograph: 2006
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Mary Elizabeth Oglesby Williams, wife of Benjamin Franklin Williams, was born 
July 15, 1885 to Edward Freeman Oglesby and Elizabeth Avery Oglesby of the 
Sandhill section of Lenoir County, NC.  She married Benjamin Franklin (Ben) 
Williams on December 25, 1910 with whom she had six children. She was a member 
of the Woodington FWB Church.  Lizzie and Ben's house always had pallets on 
the floor and halls where they took in neighbors and family to live with 
them.   Sundays were renown for neighbors and family coming for her homecooked 
dinners.  She taught her children the Golden Rule and to fish in the creek for 
their supper.  Lizzie had peratenitis from taking Epson Salts for high blood 
pressure and died on November 30, 1044.

Additional Comments:
Tombstone reads:  "The world is better for her having lived."

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