LAURA JEAN GARNER WILLIAMS, age 80, of Williams Cove Commmunity of Winchester, Tenn., departed this life on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., with her loving family at her side.   She was born in the Oak Grove Community in Decherd, TN on August 7, 1937 to the late Roy Miller Garner and Annie Coker Garner.  She was known to everyone as "Mama Jean".  She was such a sweet loving woman.  She was always kind to everyone she met.  She was an inspiration to her family and friends.  She graduated from high school at FCHS in 1954 and went to work in Washington DC for the Navy.  After several years in Washington DC, she came back to Decherd and went to work at AEDC.  During that time she met and married her husband of 59 years, Tally Williams, Jr.  Together they had 3 children and she worked in the legal field as a legal secretary and court reporter until her retirement.  After retirement from the legal field, she became a secretary and aide with the Franklin County School System.  This profession was her true passion.  She loved children and cared for all she met.  She was a wonderful cook.  She loved to cook and prepare food for her family and friends.  She and her husband had a dairy farm in Williams Cove for all of their married life until retirement.  She will be greatly missed by her loving family and many, many friends.

She leaves behind her husband, Tally Williams, Jr., her children, Lynne W. Curtis (Steve) of Winchester, TN, Tally (Tad) Garner Williams, of Nashville, TN and Elaine W. Middleton and husband, Ross of Ocala, Fla.  She also loved her grandchildren, Josh Curtis, Jaclynne Curtis, J.R, (Mark) Fox and Nick Fox and they loved and cherished their Mama Jean. In the past few years, she became a great grandmother to Jacey-Page, Jenavieve, Ford and Ridley.  She loved them and always called them her "Littles".    She also leaves behind a wonderful brother, Roy Kenneth Garner, and wife (Wilma) of Winchester, TN and a loving sister, Marilyn Carson Rampy, and husband, John of Winchester.  She also is survived by a host of in-laws and many loving nieces and nephews.

Visitation is will be held Saturday, December 2, 2017 from 2:00 - 6:00 P.M. at Grant Funeral Services and a Celebration of Life Service at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, December 3, 2017 at Goshen Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in Winchester, Tenn., with Rev. Dean Guye and Rev. Richard Morgan, officiating.

In lieu of flowers donations in her memory may be made to the Goshen Cumberland Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 881, Winchester, TN 37398.