AREA OBITUARIES -- BETTY WILLIAMS POYNER

Betty Williams Poyner, 71, of Hickman, Kentucky, passed away at 1:43 a.m. Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn.

Graveside services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at Hickman City Cemetery. Pastor Michael Brown will officiate.

Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home of Union City, Tenn. was in charge of arrangements.

Betty was born December 7, 1949, in Hickman, Kentucky, daughter of the late Thomas Frank and Mary Noveline (Tynes) Moffitt. She married Billy Joe Williams June 26, 1964. He preceded her in death February 13, 2002. She then married Junion Poyner December 15, 2006. He preceded her in death January 17, 2017. Betty had been employed in food service for the Fulton County School System and was a member of Sassafras Ridge Baptist Church.

She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Phyllis and Lee McClure of Eastover, North Carolina; two grandsons, Mitchell McClure of Eastover, North Carolina and Blake McClure and his fiance' Carly Sanderson of St. Louis, Missouri; and one sister, Brenda Whitt of Union City.

She was also preceded in death by one sister, Mary Lou Moffitt; and three brothers, Terry Moffitt, Jerry Moffitt and Franklin Moffitt