Williams Funeral Services is owned and operated by Pamela Williams-Briggs. The daughter of Oliver A. and the late Ruth Anna Lee Williams. Pam is a graduate of Mansfield Malabar High School. She attended Knoxville College in Knoxville, Tennessee before enrolling in the John Gupton College of Mortuary Science in Nashville. She finished her Associates Degree in Mortuary Science in 1975 then became a licensed funeral director and embalmer in 1977. The David Gary Funeral Home was established in 1971 and began serving the community in 1972. Larry and Pamela Williams-Briggs purchase the establishment in 1981 and it became the Gary-Williams Funeral Home. One year later, the present name, Williams Funeral Services became known in the community.