Rae Alma (Williams) Mapp was born on November 18, 1929, in Love County to Atlas Williams and Fannie Caldwell. She passed away peacefully at her home on November 20, 2022, surrounded by family.
Rae Alma attended both Burneyville and Meadowbrook schools. She then married the love of her life, Barney Mapp, in Gainesville, Texas on May 25, 1946. They had two beautiful daughters, Maurissa Lynn and Marsha Rae. Rae Alma was a farmer and rancher who worked alongside her husband for the majority of her life. She picked cotton, hoed peanuts, and ensured everyone working with them had a warm lunch every day. Rae Alma enjoyed cooking, gardening, canning, sewing, and reading.
Rae Alma loved her family, friends and neighbors of the Jimtown community. She especially loved her friends since grade school, Imogene Palmer and Jeannette Burnett. Rae Alma was an expert game player, especially dominoes. She also enjoyed playing cards, Scrabble and doing crosswords and word searches. Rae Alma enjoyed going to ball games to watch her grandchildren and great-grandchildren play. Rae Alma was a devoted member of Jimtown Baptist Church since the 1940’s and her church family was dear to her heart. She enjoyed playing the piano at church for many years and her favorite hymn was “Let Others See Jesus in You”. Rae Alma was a Godly woman and like the words of her favorite hymn, she was faithful and true.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Barney Mapp; daughter, Maurissa Allison; parents, Atlas and Fannie Williams; mother and father-in-law, Jesse and Maggie Mapp.
Survivors include a daughter, Marsha Higgins of Jimtown; grandson, Cody Higgins and wife Jessica of Rubottom; granddaughter, Lauren Tatum and husband Billy of Davis; son-in-law, Charles Allison of Jimtown; sister, Rowena Williams Montgomery of Eastman; brother, Robert “Bub” Williams and wife Nadella of Eastman; eight great-grandchildren, Dawson Morris-Wright, Zachary Higgins, Cade Higgins, Jacob Higgins, Morgan Rae Bugbee, Cash Higgins, Hunter Allen and Maverick Higgins; and many family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, November 23, at the Jimtown Baptist Church with Rev. Ron Elmore officiating with Rev. Howard McMurry assisting. Interment will follow at the Leon Cemetery. A time of visitation will be held on Tuesday from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., at the Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 100 East Main Street, Marietta.
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