Helen W. Williams

A Home-going celebration will be held for Mrs. Helen Marie Williams, the former Helen Marie Willis, 60, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Fletcher Funeral Home with Rev. Earline Kelly, officiating.

She will await the resurrection in Saint Matthew Cemetery in New Iberia.

A gathering of family and friends will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday at the funeral home until the time of the service.

A native and resident of New Iberia, she passed at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, 2019, at Iberia Medical Center.

She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, James Junius Williams Sr. of New Iberia; four sons, Richard Willis (Shanekia), James Junius Williams III (Jessica), Frankie Williams and Michael Williams all of New Iberia; two daughters, Carlas Wesley (Mark) and Barbara Williams of New Iberia; three brothers, Joseph Spencer Sr., George Willis and Rogers Willis, all of New Iberia; three sisters, Adele Willis, Carol Willis and Judy Willis, all of New Iberia; eighteen grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Mary Willis and Clifton Sophus; two sons, James Junius Williams Jr. and Clifford William; two daughters, Felecia Williams and Jeanette Williams; and two brothers, Harvey Willis and Claiborne Willis.

Active Pallbearers are Richard Willis Sr., James Junius Williams III, Richard Willis Jr., Michael Williams, Frankie Williams and Nathaniel Williams.

Honorary Pallbearers are George Willis, Rogers Willis and Joseph Spencer Sr.

Condolences may be expressed at www.fletcherfuneralhomes.org.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home, 369-3341, 609 West Admiral Doyle Drive, New Iberia, LA 70560.