ELKTON, Dec. 22 – Helen Matthews Williams, 99, of Elkton, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg.

She was born on November 9, 1910 in Marion, Ohio, and was a daughter of the late Bert and Gertrude Hoffman Matthews. She worked as a secretary for Farm Credit Mortgages prior to her retirement.

On June 20, 1931 she married Alton S. Williams who preceded her in death on April 30, 1998.

Mrs. Williams is survived by two sons, A. Swanson Williams of McGaheysville and Fletcher K. Williams of Lilburn, GA; brother, Gayle Matthews of Sebastian, FL; six grandchildren, Pam Elmore and husband, Jim of Penn Laird, Cheryl Raines and husband, Joey of Loudonville, OH, Butch Williams and wife, Celeste of McGaheysville, Brad Williams and wife, Marcy of Harrisonburg, Tara Williams of Charlfon, PA, and Christopher Williams of Raleigh, NC; 11 great-grandchildren, Kelly, Austin and Sterling Elmore, Bill and Anna Raines, Katelyn, Lindsay, and Dylan Williams, Carter and Bailey Williams and Braylyn Robertson; and her loving caregiver Pat Strong.

Online condolences may be sent to the Williams Family by visiting www.kygers.com

Arrangements entrusted to the Kyger Funeral Home, Harrisonburg.

Local announcement by Puckett Funeral Home, Farmville.