Barbara Williams Batts

Barbara Williams Batts May 4, 1933 – June 9, 2016 Barbara Williams Batts, 83, of Elm City, passed away Thursday. Her funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson. The Rev. Gene Wells will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday from 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. prior to the service at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson and other times at the residence. Barbara was a retired third grade teacher for Wilson County Schools. She was a loving person, and will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Barbara is survived by her loving husband of sixty-five years, Vernon Batts of the home; her sons, John Batts of Bailey, Brian Batts of Clayton, and Greg Batts of Elm City; her granddaughters, Tina Batts, Theresa B. Scott, and Rachel Diccico; great-grandchilren, Xavier Khurshid, Lilli and Joe Myatt; her sister, Polly Cox of Elm City, and brother, Bruce Williams of Greenville. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Betty Pridgen Williams; sister, Libby Taylor, and brother, Warren Williams. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be directed to the Elm City Missionary Baptist Church, PO Box 667, Elm City, North Carolina 27822. Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.