William Franklin

Varner

Born on March 11, 1943, to Rev. Gaither and Lillie Mae Varner, William Varner is survived by his wife of 53 years, Margaret "Peggy" Varner. He is also survived by his brothers, Thomas, Martin (Mary Ann) , and sister, Imogene. He is reunited with his sisters, Vera, Regina, and Maebelle Varner.

William was a loving and encouraging father to Quddus (Trena), Enoch (Solana), Bahji, Badi (Melody), Tahirij, Sheila (Keith), and Jonathan. He has 35 beloved nieces and nephews as well as grandchildren, Rodneicus (Mareka), Cordrey (Shannon), Trenissa, Zamani, Ifeanyichukwu, Tahirih, Cianna, "Little" Badi, Paxton, Michael, Jamal, Maxwell, Justice, and Jacob, and great grandchildren, Tazsjah, Nykayla, Najja, Nykia, Anajah, Rodneicus Jr., Princeton, Yaari, Kyng, and November. He embraced many of his children's fiends as his own children and was lovingly referred to as "Dad" or "Papa Varner" by many others he loved.

William was an absolutely devoted servant of Baha'u'llah, the Prophet founder of the Baha'i faith. The central teachings of the Baha'i Faith are the Oneness of God, the oneness of religion, and the Oneness of humanity. To be a Bahi'i simply means to love all the world, to humanity and try to serve it, to work for universal peace and universal brotherhood.' This is a quote from the Bahai Writings that guided his life