Funeral services for Mr. Joseph Jeddiah Williams, Sr. will be on Thursday, January 16, 2020, at Brookhaven Funeral Home (894 Natchez Drive) in Brookhaven, MS, at 1:00 PM with burial to follow in the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery. Dr. Garland Boyd and Bro. Nathan Case will be officiating the services with Brookhaven Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be at Brookhaven Funeral Home on Wednesday, January 15, 2020, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM and will resume on Thursday from 8:00 AM until time of the service at 1:00 PM.

Mr. Williams, 74, of Brookhaven, MS, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 12, 2020, surrounded by his loving family at King's Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven, MS. He was born on October 11, 1945, in Brookhaven, MS, to Charles and Genevieve Williams. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church and was a retired truck driver of 46 years. His hobby was wood working and he loved camping and spending time with his family and friends. Mr. Williams was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend.

Preceding him in death were his parents; daughter, Donna Lynn McLeod; and brother-in-law, Bobby Glenn Smith.

Survivors are his wife of 55 years, Lynda Williams; son, Joseph Jeddiah Williams, Jr. and his wife Hilary; brother, Edwin Williams and his wife Linda; sister, Abigail Smith; grandchildren, Jonothan Williams, Kristin Williams McManus and her husband Ben, Jessica Williams Warren and her husband Clayton, Joseph McLeod and Angel McLeod, Joann Williams, Garrett Coone, and Chloe Coone; great-grandchild, Adelyn McManus; and a host of family and friends.