The funeral service for lifelong public servant Susan Williams was held today at the Christ Episcopal Church in Roanoke.

Susan Williams, a devoted public servant and cherished family matriarch, leaves behind a legacy of love, service, and inspiration.

Susan Williams, a recipient of a Key to the City of Roanoke will be laid to rest this week.

10 News spoke with former Roanoke Mayor Sherman Lea about Susan Williams and the legacy she leaves behind. Williams was known as a life long public servant, dedicating her time to help underserved communities.

Police say Kurt Davis, 34, killed Susan Williams, 80 to "keep the peace" by hitting her in the head with a rock.

Roanoke’s police chief and mayor visited the neighborhood where an elderly woman was brutally murdered earlier this week, checking in with residents and offering support. The area was lined with police officers and volunteers who went door-to-door, assisting in the aftermath of the crime. The common sentiment from residents: “This never happens here.”

“I just think she wanted everyone to feel valued, and to feel like they had someone in their corner,” Susan William’s friend Amanda Charsha-Lindsey said.

South Dakota has apologized and will pay $300,000 under a settlement with a transgender advocacy group that sued Gov. Kristi Noem and her health secretary.

Colson Hudson, 54, had rarely visited her post office when she lived in suburban New Jersey. Postal Service from COVID-19 relief funding unless it quadruples the package rates it charges large customers like Amazon, owned by Jeff Bezos. But with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pushing Trumps priorities, the Postal Service has so far landed just a $10 billion loan. Dixon, who lives nearby, has been with the post office for nearly 30 years, the last nine on her current route. In places like those, he said, the post office serves as the town's living room a gathering spot for conversation, for human contact, for community.