Saint Rest Baptist Church

Helen Williams-The passing of a 104-year-old Wonder

Helen Beatrice Cox Williams was born on May 1,1917 was called home after 104 years on July 31, 2021.    Born in Sailes, a small settlement just outside of Gibsland, Louisiana. Her parents, William Chet Cox and Gertrude Eva Cathcart Cox, raised Helen and her seven brothers and sisters – Susie, John Preston, Jewel, Doretha, Arthur Milton, Lorene and William Allen – on the family farm. They made sure she established a relationship with God at a young age through Jerusalem Old Sparta Baptist Church. Her early education took place in the one room schoolhouse at Saint Rest Baptist Church and she