Miss Emmy

October 6, 1906	Born. Henderson, Chester County, Tennessee. Only child of Charles Willis Williams and Rhoda (Montague) Williams. Family moved to Jackson, Tennessee when E.I.W. was ten years old.
1924	Graduate, Jackson High School. Honor Student.
1928	Graduate, B.A., Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; having taken three years of her undergraduate coursework at Lambuth College, Jackson, Tennessee.
1928-1936	English instructor, Jackson Junior High School.
1937	Became American history teacher, Jackson High School, in which capacity she served until her retirement.
1941	Graduate, M.A. (History), University of Chicago.
1943-1948	Columnist; writer of a weekly series of historical articles for The Jackson Sun.
July 7, 1943	Member of the Madison County Historical Society, Jackson, established June 23, 1943. She was recognized at this time for her historical research and writing while a graduate student at the University of Chicago.
June 13, 1944	Selected by membership of Madison County Historical Society "to write" the history of Madison County, as a contribution to the State of Tennessee's Sesquicentennial Celebration.
November 1, 1946	Official date of publication of Historic Madison, written by E.I.W. and published by the Madison County Historical Society (holder of copyright of this book).
1948	Editor, Centennial Edition, The Jackson Sun.
1949	Became Book Editor, Sunday Editions, The Jackson Sun. Held this position for many years.
June 1, 1972	Retirement, after forty-four years service, from the Jackson City School System.
1972	Became Tennessee Room Librarian, Jackson/Madison County Library, Jackson, Tennessee.
1972	Reprint, Second Edition, Historic Madison, published by The Jackson Service League (holder of copyright of this edition).
1979	"Woman of the Year" Award, Altrusa Club, Jackson, in recognition of her public merit.
October 3, 1981	Recognition, Mid-South Fair Dedication, Day 3 of the Fair, for her Outstanding Service to Memphis and the Mid-South.
1986	Reprint, Third Edition, Historic Madison, published by the Jackson-Madison County Homecoming '86 Steering Committee (holder of copyright of this edition).
1986	Retirement, as Tennessee Room Librarian, Jackson/Madison County Public Library.
1988	Co-author, with Marion B. Smothers and Mitch Carter, Jackson and Madison County: A Pictorial History (Donning Pub. Co., Norfolk, Virginia).
April 20, 1992	Died. Jackson, Tennessee. Buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, TN Death date, place of death, cause of death of E.I.W., her parents' names and other particulars, as obtained from the official death certificate filed with the Griffin Funeral Home, Jackson, Tennessee.
Affiliations:	Member and church historian, First Methodist Church, Jackson; Tennessee Education Association; West Tennessee Education Association; Delta Kappa Gamma teachers' sorority; West Tennessee Executives Club; Tennessee Historical Association (V.P., 1957-1958), two articles by her having appeared in this organization's historical quarterly; West Tennessee Historical Society, one article by her having been published in this organization's historical publication; Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society; Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities.

Emma

Inman

Williams

"Miss Emmy"