PORT GIBSON — Tommie “Tankem” Williams died Friday, March 23, 2012, at University Medical Center in Jackson. He was 82.

Mr. Williams was preceded in death by his parents, John and Fannie Hall Williams; a daughter, Barbara A. Williams; and four brothers, Percy Williams, Roosevelt Williams, Eugene Williams and Albert Smith.

He is survived by his wife, Laura Williams of Port Gibson; five daughters, Mozella Williams, Catherine Williams, Sheryl Williams, and Sherika Williams-Holt, all of Port Gibson, and Diane Williams of Toledo, Ohio; three sons, Robert Anderson of Port Gibson, D’Angelo Dorsey of Pattison and Tommie Edwards of Oklahoma; two brothers, Ernest Williams and Lorrain Williams, both of Port Gibson; one sister, Odessa Williams of Port Gibson; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Services will be at 11 this morning at China Grove M.B. Church in Russum with the Rev. Leon Nelson officiating. Burial will follow at Springhill Cemetery under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home of Port Gibson. Visitation will be at the church from 10 a.m. until the service.