Grace J Withers *
PETERSBURG – Grace J. (Williams) Withers, 99, entered into rest at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at Essex II of Salem in Salem.
She was born Monday, Oct. 7, 1907 in Caldwell, the daughter of the late Samuel M. and Myrta Mae (Archer) Williams.
A graduate of Petersburg High School, Grace went on to business college in Spring Harbor, Mich. She returned home shortly and finished her formal education at The Halls Business College in Youngstown.
She was a member of 4-H Advisors, the Farm Bureau Women, and the Petersburg Garden Club. She enjoyed showing milking shorthorn cattle and working on the family farm.
Her husband, Howard S. Withers, whom she married July 19, 1930, preceded her in death.
She is survived by a daughter, Shirley A. (Jack) Ramsey of Salem; a son, Gordon S. (Beverly) Withers of Petersburg; eight grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son, J. Howard Withers; three grandsons, Timothy R. Withers, Alan J. Withers and Samuel G. Withers; two sisters, Ethel Heddleson and Ada Persing; and three brothers, Homer Hershel Williams, Guy Williams and Hudson Williams.
Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Terry A. Cunningham Funeral Home, where there will be 1 p.m. services.
Graveside services will be at Petersburg Cemetery in Petersburg.
In lieu of flowers, the family wishes that memorials be made to Hospice of the Valley, Columbiana County.