FRANKLINTON--Funeral services for Joe Louis Williams, 77, who died Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, will be held Saturday, Nov. 18, at 12 p.m. at St. Stephen's Missionary Baptist Church in Warrenton, with the Rev. Kinchen Williams officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Surviving: daughters, Mary Williams Sims of Laurelton Queens, N.Y., Alice Browne of Queens, N.Y.; sons, Joseph Williams of Far Rockaway, N.Y., Bobby Williams (Christine Bailey) of Pennsylvania, Kenneth Williams (Sandra) of Franklinton; sister, Isabelle Mangum; and one brother, the Rev. Kinchen Williams, both of Louisburg; 21 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Open visitation will be Friday from 3 until 7 p.m. at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.

Arrangements by Richardson Funeral Home, Louisburg.