Tonya Dawn Williams

Tonya Dawn “Tony” Williams, 40, of Brushfork, WV passed away July 21, 2012 in Giles County, Va. Tony was born August 16, 1971, the daughter of the late Dorothy “Phyllis” Williams Graham. She grew up in Coopers, WV, attended Bramwell High School and Bluefield High School. She attended Bramwell Weslyan Church in Bramwell in her youth and in later years attended Bluewell Pentecostal Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by her mother in January of 2011, brother, Randy Williams, sisters, Kathy Faulkner and Rhonda Sue Graham and maternal grandparents, Myrtle and John Hardy. Tony was the mother of three children who survive her; Ashley Sparks, Shantay Sparks and Eddie Sparks, all of Matoaka. Above all, she loved her babies with all her heart. “Gone yet not forgotten; Although we are apart; Mom, you will always live within us; Forever in our hearts.” Tony is also survived by her brothers and sisters, Linda Perkins of Athens; Barbara Dunn of Montcalm; Herbert (Connie) Williams of Old Bramwell Rd., Bluefield; Terry White of Bluefield; David Williams of Old Bramwell Rd, Bluefield; Audrey (Chris) Sluss of Brushfork; Michelle Myers (Clarence) Fleeman of Bluefield; many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews; father, Fred Graham of Nemours, WV. Serving as pallbearers will be Michael and Clayton Williams, Chris Sluss, Clarence Fleeman, Danny Faulkner and Christopher Williams. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 1pm at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell with Pastor David Kirby officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Va.