Gloria J. Williamson

Glo­ria ‘Jean’ Williamson, age 77, of Mount Gilead, died Mon­day evening, Sep­tem­ber 3, 2012, at the Wood­side Vil­lage Care Cen­ter fol­low­ing an extended illness.

On Octo­ber 11, 1934, Jean was born in Frank­fort, Ohio, the sec­ond of eight chil­dren of the late John New­ton and Mon­nie May (Jus­tice) Virgin.

A lov­ing mother and home­maker, Jean ded­i­cated her life to her chil­dren. She did what­ever she could to pro­vide for them and make sure they were taken care of.

For many years, she ran her own record store on Yale Avenue in Colum­bus, Gloria’s Chris­t­ian Record Shop. In the early 1990’s, she moved to Mor­row County, where she also worked as a book­keeper and Avon Lady, until her retirement.

With a love for music, Jean could often be found singing, play­ing and lis­ten­ing to her favorite gospel hymns. She also enjoyed tend­ing to and car­ing for her garden.

An avid reader, Jean would read most any­thing she could get her hands on, but was espe­cially fond of sci-fi, romance and mys­tery nov­els. She also enjoyed watch­ing sci-fi tele­vi­sion shows, with Star Trek being her favorite.

A unique and can­tan­ker­ous woman, Jean was very pas­sion­ate about what she believed in and was never afraid to speak her mind about it either.

She will be missed by her two sons: Den­nis Williamson of Martha, Ken­tucky, and Lewis Dean (Annette) Williamson of Mount Gilead; two adopted daugh­ters: Shirley (Frank) Riley of Colum­bus, and Kim­berly (Randy) Bratcher of Martha, Ken­tucky; nine grand­chil­dren: Car­olyn Amos, Bran­don and Austin Williamson, David Cald­well, Ron­nie Cald­well, Ash­ley (Josh) Collins, Micheal Meyer, and Logan and Olivia Stafford; numer­ous great-grandchildren; three sis­ters and two broth­ers: John (Betty) Vir­gin Jr. of Chil­le­cothe, Eula (Richard) Crace of Toledo, Bon­nie (Philip) Wein­rich of Wick­en­burg, Ari­zona, Robert (Judy) Vir­gin of Chil­le­cothe, and Cathy (Charles) Eaton of Ari­zona; and numer­ous nieces and nephews.

Includ­ing her par­ents, Jean was pre­ceded in death by two sib­lings: Phyl­lis Park Ely, and Gary Vir­gin; and her for­mer hus­band and good friend, John Williamson.

Pri­vate ser­vices will be observed by her fam­ily at a later date.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions may be made to her fam­ily to assist with expenses, and they may be sent to the care of the funeral home.

Sny­der Funeral Homes of Mount Gilead are hon­ored to have been cho­sen to serve Jean’s fam­ily and your pri­vate con­do­lences may be expressed to them by vis­it­ing www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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