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Tonya Williams

Tonya Williams, 41, of Chattanooga passed away Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013.Tonya attended Howard High School. In later years, she began working and giving back to her community. She was a giving person and easy to love. After several years of working she was blessed with a son.Tonya worked for the Hamilton County School system where she was a bus attendant and worked with children on the bus. She will always be with us in our hearts.She was preceded in death by father, William E. Jones; brothers, Edward Williams and Tyrone Doss; grandparents, Mose and Bertha Lee Grayson, John and Nobie Jones; step-father, Bobby Joe Cummings.She leaves to cherish her memories one son, Terrance Williams; devoted mother, Judy Cummings; four sisters, Tracy (Bobby) Bradley, Debra (Rayford) Grayson, Connie Horthorne and Kimberly Reed; one brother, Cornelius Ringer, of Chattanooga; four uncles, Homer Lee Williams, of Los Angeles, Jeffrey F. Williams, David (Tawanna) Wilson, and John W. (Vivan) Jones Jr.; eleven aunts, Debra Dews, Sarah (Rev. James) Williams Sr., Janice Jones, Joyce (Alonzo) Trammell Jr., Ruby (Roy C.) Joseph, Mariel Bennett, Nessie Lyles, Tonya Jones, Sonya Shropshire, Andrea Jackson and Mary Spivey, of North Carolina; devoted great aunt, Betty Sue Wilson; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and very dear and dedicated friends, Eric Norwood, Brenda Phillips and Chressa Thomas.Funeral: Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 1 p.m. in the chapel with the Rev. Dwight Miller and Bishop A D Ringer officiating.Burial: Forest Hills Cemetery.Visitation: today from 2-7 p.m. with family hour from 6-7p.m.Arrangements entrusted to Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services, Franklin-Strickland-Pinkard-Bryan-Smith Funeral Directors, 1724 McCallie Avenue, 423-265-4414.

Published October 21, 2013

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