Career
Williams was born September 5, 1941, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, also the birthplace of her mother. At two weeks of age, she returned with her mother to Hatteras Island, North Carolina, where the Burrus family lived for generations. Williams married Dennis Williams of Kinnakeet, North Carolina, in 1960.
Dennis served in the United States Coast Guard for thirty years.
After retirement, the couple returned to their Hatteras Island home.
