Carolyn Jowers Williams

Carolyn Loree Jowers Williams, of Forsyth County, passed away surrounded by her devoted children on February 13, 2015. Carolyn was born on May 9, 1932 in Rome, GA. She was President of her Senior Class at the Rome Girls High School. She attended, the then named, North Georgia College (NGC) in Dahlonega, GA, where she met the love of her life, Robert S. Gunny Williams, Jr. They were pictured as The Couple Most In Love at NGC in the 1951 yearbook. Once commissioned as a 2LT in the U. S. Army, he married Carolyn and they began 30 adventurous years of the joys and hardships of military family life until Gunny retired as a full colonel. Their strong bond was shared by their son, Robert Samuel Sam Williams, III, and Cynthia Loree Williams Teston. Carolyn was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Her mischievous sense of humor, delivered so genteelly, was of great delight to her amused grandchildren. She had a keen interest in people and a welcoming spirit that affected many newcomers who sought and found a loving church family at New Hope United Methodist Church in Gainesville, GA. Many heralded Carolyn as their reason to make her beloved church family theirs also. Carolyn loved entertaining and being a southern lady. She relished playing bridge with her friends in the Cumming Bridge Club. She was an active member of the Forsyth County Homemaker s Club and of the New Hope United Methodist Church s Women s Group. Most importantly, she was loving, generous, and of wise council. She was surrounded by loving family, but also with many loving friends, in particular, Mozelle Floyd, Linda Cranford, Mary Sulcer, Maxine Davis, and Susan Dearth. Carolyn Jowers Williams, known by her grandchildren as Grandmere and Gagoo , was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Robert S. Gunny Williams, Jr; her parents Samuel Dewey and Loree Jowers, and her adored brother Dewey Jowers. She leaves behind children Sam and Sue Williams of Gainesville, GA; Cindy and Butch Teston of Dahlonega, GA; grandchildren Rebecca Williams Cameron of Gainesville, GA; Clint and Natalie Teston of Gainesville, GA; Carolyne Loree Teston of New York City, NY; Robert Jowers Robby Williams of Athens, GA; great-grandchild David Baxter Cameron, III, and dozens of grateful family members and friends. A Celebration of Life service will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 18, at New Hope United Methodist Church, preceded by visitation at McDonald and Son Funeral Home, 150 Sawnee Drive, Cumming, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be given to the New Hope United Methodist Building Fund, 4815 Dawsonville Highway, Gainesville, GA 30506. Arrangements by McDonald and Son Funeral Home, 150 Sawnee Drive, Cumming, GA 30040 (770) 886.9899