Florine Flint Williams, 102-1/2, formerly of Falls View, WV, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015, at her home in Alderson, WV, following a long illness.
Born January 25, 1913, in Alderson, she was the daughter of the late Everette Cleveland and Flora Fitzgerald Flint.
Mrs. Williams was a 1932 graduate of Talcott High School in Talcott, WV, and received her teaching certificate from Marshall University in Huntington, WV. Prior to her marriage, she taught school at Boyd Hollow School in Alderson and was also a homemaker. She was a member of the Alderson Presbyterian Church and a former member of the Falls View Presbyterian Church, where she was a member of the Women’s Circle and church choir. Mrs. Williams was proud of the fact that she had voted in every presidential election since 1932.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 74 years, John Edgar Williams, on October 29, 2007; two brothers, Erman Carey flint and William Earl Flint Sr.; and two sisters, Evelyn Flint Lewis and Pearl Flint Smithson.
Survivors include five nieces, Betty Jo Miller of Charlton Heights, WV, Lola Boone of Organ Cave, WV, Karen Lobban of Alderson, Helen Randolph of Point Pleasant, WV, and Anne Scruggs of Covington, VA; six nephews, Otho Mays of Deshler, OH, James Mays of Weston, FL, Fred Mays of Charlton Heights, John Mays of Charlton Heights, Earl Flint Jr. of Daniels, WV, and Robert Mays of Wilton Manors, FL; many grandnieces and grandnephews; many great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews; five great-great-grandnieces and great-great-grandnephews; and many friends.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at 2 PM at the Lobban Funeral Home Chapel in Alderson with the Rev. John Holland officiating. Burial will follow at the Alderson Cemetery in Alderson.
Friends may call Tuesday from 12-2 PM at the funeral home in Alderson.
Family members will serve as pallbearers.
For those considering an expression of sympathy, donations in memory of Mrs. Williams may be made to HospiceCare, 1265 Maplewood Avenue, Lewisburg, WV 24901, or to the Alderson Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 126, Alderson, WV 24910.
Lobban Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Obituary originally published in the July 27, 2015, edition of The West Virginia Daily News.
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