Guyton – Mary Ruth Van Doren Williams, 84, passed away Sunday, September 10, 2023 at her residence.

The Tennessee native was a in home caregiver for many years and was a homemaker.  She was preceded in death by her mother, Ruth Morgan Murray; father, Hollis William Van Doren; brother, George W. Van Doren; sister, Carolyn Van Doren.

Survivors include her husband, Murphy Williams; children, Sherry Cruz Foskey, Mike Foskey, James Al Foskey (Susan), Julie Daughtry, and Alison Collins (Earl); grandchildren, Allen Foskey, Jason Taylor (Olivia), Kasie Schafer (Chris), Scott Foskey (Christina), Blake Taylor (Macie Milbrandt), Hailey Smith, Macy Smith, Kateri Ehler, and Jacob Daughtry; several great-grandchildren; sisters, Barbara Maattanen, Mildred Bonifacious (Gordon), Sara Hiers (Carlisle), Ann Smith, and Peggie McGowan; several nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, September 14, 2023 at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, September 15, 2023 at the funeral home chapel.

Interment will follow in Effingham Memorial Gardens.

Twenty-Third Psalm:

The Lord is my shepherd;  I shall not  want.  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;  he leadeth me beside the still waters.  He restoreth my soul;  he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me.  Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.  Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. 912-754-6421