Emily Bernice Williams-Packer, 93, of Perdido died on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 at Mobile Infirmary.
She was a native and longtime resident of Perdido (Baldwin Co.) and attended the Pine Crest School in Perdido. She was retired from Manor Slacks In Bay Minette where she had been a seamstress. In her leisure time she enjoyed traveling and was an avid reader. She was a longtime and faithful member of the St. Thomas AME Zion Church in Perdido where she had served as President of the Usher Board, President of the Pastor's Aide, Supt. of the Sunday School, and a Trustee. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Packer Sr.; her daughters, Rosetta Davis, Angie Coby, Juanita Packer, and Daisy Armstead; her sons, John Wesley Packer, Kenneth Wayne Packer, and Willie State; her parents, Joe Williams and Letha Betts-Brown; her sisters, Gertrude Moss and Velader Jackson; her brothers, Cleveland Williams, Ballard Williams, and Andrew Brown. Her oldest brother, Melvin Roberson-Williams (104) of Bay Minette followed his sister into eternal rest on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013. Those left to cherish her loving memories are; three daughters, Patsy Dozier of Mobile, Mary Fagin of Perdido, and Wanda Packer-Knight of Montgomery; one son, Thomas Lamar Packer Jr. Of Perdido; six sisters, Johnnia German of Perdido, Ethel Curry of Bay Minette, Ruth Hardin of Indianapolis, Ind., Naomi Pruitt of Detroit, Mich, Dorothy Jack of Atlanta, Ga, Eloise Wilson of Tyler, Texas; one brother, Joe Williams of Tyler, Texas; 25 grandchildren, and a host of great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. Celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 at 12 noon at the Morning Dove Baptist Church in Perdido with the Rev. Humphrey Shuford, officiating, Bishop Willie L. Williams, eulogist, and the Rev. Stanley Cox, Host Pastor. Retirement of her remains will be laid to rest in the Morning Dove Cemetery in Perdido with TURNER Funeral Chapel, LLC directing.
