Estelle Gay Williams Reese, 84, of Ocean Springs, MS, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 in Ocean Springs.
Mrs. Reese was a former longtime resident of Ocean Springs and a member of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. She was also a member of The United Daughters of the Confederacy and a high school English teacher. Mrs. Reese taught for many years in the Terrebonne Parish Public Schools in Houma, LA. She was a former organist, teaching music for many years. Mrs. Reese attended the MS University for Women and graduated from Nicholls State University.
She is preceded in death by her husband, John Reese; her daughter, Mary Lee Williams Garrard; her son, George Williams; and her parents, John Champlin Gay and Jennie Tucker Heiss Gay.
Mrs. Reese’s survivors include her daughters, Elizabeth (Richard) Cadle of Gulf Breeze, FL, Jennifer (Arthur) Williams of Santa Fe, NM and Jacqueline Gillman of Pensacola, FL; her sons, Walter L. Williams of Ocean Springs, MS and Ted Williams of New Orleans, LA; her sisters, Gloria Hobgood of Calhoun, GA and Jonne Pollina of Ocean Springs, MS; twelve grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
In lieu of flowers the family prefers donations be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
A Memorial Service will be held at the Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 3:00 pm. Friends may visit from 2:00 pm until service time.