BRUCE EDWARD WILLIAMS

August 31, 2022

Bruce Edward Williams, age 63, of Appalachia, VA passed away Saturday, August 13, 2022, at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital after an illness he had been battling. He received his healing as he entered heaven with open arms.

Bruce, grew up in Keokee, VA., he loved to always be working on something and being a mechanic. He was best at always helping people out.

He’s preceded in death by his parents; mother Nora Margret Williams and father James Sylvester Williams, brothers: Bobby Ray Williams and Daryl Wayne Williams, sisters; Lillie Pauline Blanken and Carolyn Sue Trimpin.

He is survived by wife Donna Jean Williams of Appalachia; his daughter, Samantha Marie Evans-Williams and Cortez Needham, of Kingsport, TN., seven grandchildren, Jadence Williams, Malach Raboin, Brynley Evans, Austin Sizemore, Hunter Clark, Brittany Clark, and Lucas Tucker; several nieces and nephews including Sharon Pauline Blanken, of Big Stone, Salena Marie Brewer, of NC, Timothy James Trimpin, of Pikeville, KY., Keith Wayne Williams, of TX., Ryan Andrew Williams, of TX., Tabitha Lynne Ford, of Pikeville, KY.; special friends of the family Summer Cheyenne Rose, of Norton, Lora Barker and Maelei Phipps, of Big Stone Gap and Daniel Shane Poteat, of Georgia, several cousins.

It was Mr. Williams wishes to be cremated, and no formal services will be held at this time.

An online register is available for the family at www.holdingfuneralhome.com

Holding Funeral Home is serving the Williams family.