Alethea Williams Memorial service is Saturday Alethea Williams (Leach) passed away on July 25, 2017. The memorial service for Alethea will be held on Aug. 5, 2017, at 12 noon at The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 242 S. 8th St., Newark, N.J. 07103. Alethea was born on Jan. 2, 1952, in Newark. She was predeceased by her parents, Anna and Jesse Williams; her sister, Rona Lewis; her brothers, Jesse Williams Jr. (Smiley) and Warren Williams (Buzzy), and granddaughter, Alyssa Parker. Alethea is survived by her two daughters, Rosalyn Celeste Williams-Martin (Nippy) and Shea Darlese Williams-Parker; a son-in-law, Thal De Lacey Martin; siblings, Clayton Williams Sr. and Annette Hargrove; brother-in- law, Arthur Lewis, sister-in- law, Saundra Williams, and grandchildren, Thal D. Martin Jr., Ian D. Martin, Isaiah Harris, Toney Parker, Iyana K. Martin.