I am a native of Hohenwald, Tennessee, and graduated from Lewis County High School several years ago. My husband is Don, and we have two fabulous children, Andrew, who works as a welder. He is married to Megan, and they have one daughter, Lilliana, for which I am “Nonna.” Lilly brings much joy and blessings to our family. My daughter, Ashley, graduated from Lipscomb University and now lives in Nashville. I came from a large family of 8 children. Having grown up poor like many other families at the time I did not have the opportunity to go to college.

I worked in a few sewing factories before getting a position in an office. Soon after, my husband and I started a family. I always said I would stay home with my kids, and I did. When my daughter started kindergarten, I signed up at the school to be a substitute teacher. Eight years later, my son got his driver’s license and could be responsible for himself and his sister, so I applied for a full-time job. I started out doing data entry and worked up to office manager at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Several years later, as life would have it, I decided it was time to move on. I worked as a Medical Receptionist for almost two years when I saw a job posting for Office Administrator for Williams Funeral Home. I felt like this would be a better fit for me. I lost a sister-in-law to cancer just a few years earlier and my mother-in-law after that. It was a difficult time for my family. I wanted to use these life experiences and the things I learned over the years working in an office to help people. It makes me very happy to be able to assist families with writing obituaries, filling out all the information in the online database for death certificates so the families can take care of their personal business. I also like working in the company to help make things go smoothly for everyone.