Nancy Williams-Padfield

Nancy Head Williams-Padfield, age 91, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, December 31, 2015. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 1pm in the chapel of the Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield with Brother Bob Filson officiating. Burial will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery with Dan Borthick, Aubrey Browning, Bobby Dodd, Larry Joe Eden, Jerome Ellis, Jimmy Barrick, Kevin Fisher and Jon Fisher serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held at the funeral home on Monday, January 4, 2016 from 4-8pm and again on Tuesday from 10am until the hour of service. Mrs. Williams was born on December 7, 1924 to the late J. Herbert and Edna Lawrence Head. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Mr. William Royce Williams, Sr. who died in 1996, Mr. James H. Padfield whom she married in 2002 and passed away in 2008 and her caregiver, Sandra Hulsey. She is survived by her daughter, Nancy M. Williams of Springfield; son, Royce (Kathy) Williams, Jr. of Nashville; grandchildren, Emily (William) Williams Decker and Andrew Reed Williams of Nashville; and her caregivers, Dottie Franks, Christina Ozanne, Glenda Phillips and Jennifer Searcy. Mrs. Williams-Padfield graduated from Springfield High School in 1942, Tennessee Tech University in 1945 with a Bachelor’s degree in Home Economics and Peabody College with a Master’s Degree in 1950. Mrs. Williams-Padfield spent 43 years in service to Robertson County Schools with 18 years in Coopertown School teaching Home Economics, 13 years in Springfield High School teaching Home Economics and 12 years as Robertson County Schools Food Service Supervisor, retiring in 1988. She was an active member of the Robertson County Retired Teachers Association, Class of 1942 reunion committee. During her lifetime she traveled to all 50 states, Canadian provinces, Caribbean Islands, Polynesian Islands, Mexico, England and Italy. Mrs. Williams-Padfield was a lifelong resident of Springfield, a devoted daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and teacher, who loved flowers, decorating, travel, the Coopertown community, the wonderful ladies she worked with as Food Service Supervisor and teaching countless young ladies to cook, sew and proper table etiquette. Austin & Bell Funeral Home in Springfield is in charge of these arrangements. AUSTIN & BELL FUNERAL HOME- 509 WALNUT STREET, SPRINGFIELD, TN (615) 384-1000

Nancy Williams-Padfield

December 7, 1924 - December 31, 2015