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RIP Lynice Williams

Submitted by Martha Brock on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 12:02pm

There is still no obituary online for Executive Director of NC Fair Share, Lynice Williams. There was a death notice at the Raleigh N&O yesterday.

To say that Lynice's leadership will be missed is an understatement.

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Obit from Lynice Williams' church in Raleigh

Submitted by Martha Brock on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 5:23pm.


Rev. Williams is a board member of the NC Council of Churches, the co-founder of NC Environmental Justice Network, co-founder of the NC Welfare Reform Collaborative that helped welfare recipients shape the welfare reform legislation, and Grassroots Energy Alliance. She has received numerous awards including Raleigh News and Observer’s “Tar Heel of the Week” and The Independent Weekly’s “Citizen’s Award,” and NC Fair Share was named a 2007 NC Justice Center “Defender of Justice” in the category of Grassroots Empowerment.

Rev. Lynice Williams was a champion. She believed deeply and fought passionately for health care as she knew it to be a human right. She had deep love for our community. She insisted that those impacted by the problem be at the table to craft the solution. She was gracious and loving. She always had a smile to offer and a kind word of encouragement. The movement for justice and liberation and human rights has lost one of its Generals. She will be missed.

Her services will be held on Saturday, March 17th, 2012 at Christian Faith Baptist Church. The viewing will begin at 11:00 am and the funeral services will start at 12:00 noon.

Martha Brock

Raleigh N & O has posted a good write up on Lynice Williams

Submitted by Martha Brock on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 10:02pm.

Williams often said that advocating on behalf of the poor was more than a job, it was a lifelong ministry – a social gospel she learned as a child listening to the pastor remind the congregation to remember the sick, the poor and the shut-ins.

“She was a most extraordinary person who focused more on her passion for the poor and dispossessed than she did on her own persona,” said David Forbes, pastor of Christian Faith Baptist Church where Williams and her family were members. “Many people don’t realize how effective she was over the past 25 years affecting different legislation and policy that affected people in all 100 counties in this state.”

Martha Brock