Essaline Williams

"For I am now ready to be offered, and the timeof my departure is at hand.  I have fought agood fight, I have finished my course.I have kept the faith...II Timothy 4:6-7 Essaline was born on April 14, 1933 in Ingalls, AR the daughter of Earnest and KatieJackson Blueford. Essaline accepted Christ at an early age and united with First Baptist Church in Hampton, AR.Upon relocating to El Dorado, AR she joined Greater Paradise and later united with Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church.She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Fred Bluieford and Earnest Blueford; three sisters, Louise Pathro, Gertrude Blueford and Christine Ridgle.She leaves to cherish her loving memories; four sons, James Blueford and his wife Ruthie of Hampton, Arkansas, Earnest Hampton and his wife Betty, Leavern Blueford  and Mozell Mays Sr. all of El Dorado, Arkansas; two daguthers, Everlean Pickett of El Dorado, Arkansas andPearlie M. Brown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; one brother Vernell Blueford of Little Rock, Arkansas and one sister Maurine Blueford of Long Beach, California; eleven grandchildren; twenty-six grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren. A host of other relatives and friends.Homegoing services will be held on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church at 2:30 p.m. Interment will follow in the St. Paul Cemetery, Hampton, Arkansas under the direction of the Sims Mortuary Staff.No vistation at the funeral home. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Essaline Williams, please visit our flower store.