Sandy “Haywood” Williams (1935 – 2023)

Sandy “Haywood” Williams, 88, of Chester Gap, Virginia, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2023, at the Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center in Winchester.

Sandy “Haywood” Williams

A funeral service will be held Saturday, April 15, at 2:00 p.m. at Chester Gap Baptist Church, with Pastor Paul Strassner officiating. Interment will follow in the Williams Family Cemetery in Chester Gap.

Haywood was born March 12, 1935, in Rappahannock County, Virginia, the son of the late Sandy Cary and Lucy Ann Williams. Haywood was married to the late Edna Miller Williams.

Haywood was a member of the Chester Gap Baptist Church and the Chester Gap Volunteer Fire Department.

Surviving are two daughters, Rhonda Williams of Chester Gap and April Vencill of Colonial Beach; one brother, Russell Leo Williams of Chester Gap; two sisters, Jessie Wines and Mattie Frazier and husband Charlie, all of Chester Gap; three grandchildren, Chelsea Sowder and husband John, Joshua Vencill, and Noah Vencill; and five great-grandchildren, Evelynn Vencill, Frankie Vencill, Naomi Sowder, Kinslee Vencill, and Chelsee Kerns.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife; seven brothers, Downing Williams, Garfield Williams, Dalton Williams, Paul Williams, Charles Linwood Williams, James Elwood Williams, and Lawrence Randolph Williams; and one sister, Naomi Dulin.

Pallbearers will be Tony “Tater” Williams, Mickey Williams, Lynn “Foot” Williams, Chris Williams, Andrew Williams, Arnold Williams, and Jeff Grove.

Honorary pallbearers will be Kim Breeden, Bonnie Williams, Terri Brooks, Norma Settle, Athena Grass, Dianna Brown, and Pamela Perry

The family will receive friends on Saturday, April 15, from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. at the church.