{"id":12113,"date":"2026-03-12T20:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/?p=12113"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:25:10","slug":"sydney-b-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/blog\/2026\/03\/12\/sydney-b-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney B. Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Sydney B. Williams<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]Sydney-Alaine Bankhead Williams passed away at Pinehurst Healthcare &amp; Rehabilitation Center on September 16, 2025, at the age of 74. Sydney was born in Front Royal, VA, on June 8, 1951, to John Edward Williams, Jr. and Marie Thomason Williams, both of whom preceded her in death.<\/p>\n<p>Sydney graduated from Rockingham High School in 1969, then went on to Western Carolina University, earning a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Marketing. She worked for 30 years as Bookkeeper\/Office Manager at Tomlinson\u2019s Warehouse Sales in Surfside Beach, SC.<\/p>\n<p>Listening to beach music was one of Sydney\u2019s favorite things to do. She was also an avid Clemson University football fan, hardly ever missing a televised game.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her brother, Johnna and wife, Alisa, of Southern Pines. Also surviving are three nephews -Alan, Zach (Emily), and Keith (Andrea), as well as four great-nephews and two great-nieces.<\/p>\n<p>Special words of gratitude to the patient care staff at Pinehurst Healthcare &amp; Rehabilitation Center for their loving and compassionate care of Sydney over the past few years.<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney B. WilliamsSydney-Alaine Bankhead Williams passed away at Pinehurst Healthcare &amp; Rehabilitation Center on September 16, 2025, at the age of 74. Sydney was born in Front Royal, VA, on June 8, 1951, to John Edward Williams, Jr. and Marie Thomason Williams, both of whom preceded her in death. Sydney graduated from Rockingham High School [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3396,"featured_media":10223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>Sydney-Alaine Bankhead Williams passed away at Pinehurst Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center on September 16, 2025, at the age of 74. Sydney was born in Front Royal, VA, on June 8, 1951, to John Edward Williams, Jr. and Marie Thomason Williams, both of whom preceded her in death.<br \/><br \/>Sydney graduated from Rockingham High School in 1969, then went on to Western Carolina University, earning a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Marketing. She worked for 30 years as Bookkeeper\/Office Manager at Tomlinson\u2019s Warehouse Sales in Surfside Beach, SC.<br \/><br \/>Listening to beach music was one of Sydney\u2019s favorite things to do. She was also an avid Clemson University football fan, hardly ever missing a televised game.<br \/><br \/>She is survived by her brother, Johnna and wife, Alisa, of Southern Pines. Also surviving are three nephews -Alan, Zach (Emily), and Keith (Andrea), as well as four great-nephews and two great-nieces.<br \/><br \/>Special words of gratitude to the patient care staff at Pinehurst Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center for their loving and compassionate care of Sydney over the past few years.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[139,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-139","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12113"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12115,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12113\/revisions\/12115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}