Richard Foy Williams

FAIRVIEW - RICHARD FOY WILLIAMS, 74, OF 1372 UPPER BRUSH CREEK ROAD, DIED SUNDAY JANUARY 21, 2001 AT MARGARET PARDEE HOSPITAL AFTER A PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE WAS A RETIRED CARPENTER AND A W.W. II ARMY VETERAN. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE MARVIN AND BESSIE CROCKER WILLIAMS. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS, MELVIN AND BASCOMBE WILLIAMS BOTH FORMERLY OF FAIRVIEW. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE OF 47 YEARS, ANDRES MERRILL WILLIAMS; DAUGHTERS SANDRA WILLIAMS, TAMARA WILLIAMS AND TARA HOPPER ALL OF FAIRVIEW; GRANDDAUGHTER, CASSIE HOPPER OF FAIRVIEW; SISTERS, BURNICE MOORE AND EDNA WILLIAMS BOTH OF FAIRVIEW AND MILDRED WILLIAMS OF FLETCHER; BROTHERS WADE WILLIAMS OF SKYLAND AND GLEN WILLIAMS OF CHARLOTTE; SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY AT CANE CREEK CEMETERY WITH THE REVS. CHARLES ROGERS AND ROBERT HARRIS OFFICIATING. PALLBEARERS WILL BE FRED HINES, WES RIELS, KENNETH MERRITT, MICHAEL HOPPER, SCOTTY GREGORY AND STEVE WILSON. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 8:30 P.M. TUESDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES THE FAMILY WILL BE AT THE HOME OF TARA HOPPER, UPPER BRUSH CREEK ROAD, FAIRVIEW.