Tracy Lauren Williams passed July 2, 2026, at Hospice of Butler & Warren County in Franklin, OH at the age of 65 years.

Tracy was born in Dayton, OH and raised in Edgemont. She attended Whittier Elementary School and Dunbar High School, graduating in 1979. She went on to attend Howard University and remained in Washington D.C. where she later obtained a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems. She later moved to Cincinnati, OH where she began working as an IT Project Manager for Cincinnati Bell. Her career eventually took her to Paris, France for two years where she further pursued her love of traveling and experiencing new people and cultures.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Betty Hurd Williams, brother, Donovan L. Williams, two grandmothers, Estelle Cleveland Williams and Velma Hanna Dizard, grandfather Jack Hurd, uncle Harold Williams and aunt Betty Williams Cross, cousins Sylvia A. Williams, Kermit Brown and Elliot Brown.

Tracy leaves behind her father, Lucius Williams, son, Brandon Williams, brother, Ertel Williams, Brandon's father, Kyle Rakestraw, aunts Geraldine Brown and Delores Williams, sister-in-law, Annette Williams, niece Courtney Williams and two nephews, Donovan Jr. and Joshua Williams, many cousins and friends from throughout her life.