CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- After battling stage three lung cancer for months, community activist Judy Williams finished her last round of chemotherapy Monday afternoon.
- Williams was diagnosed last December
- She's adding a new mission to her community outreach
- She begins post-treatment immunotherapy this summer
Spectrum News was the only station there as she rang the victory bell with her family.
Williams, co-founder of Mothers of Murdered Offspring (MOMO), was diagnosed last December. She believes the illness came from second-hand smoke from people smoking at her MOMO vigils. Williams said her motivation for fighting through the pain was her oldest grandson Amare.
“She's the strongest, one of the strongest people I know and seeing her hurt, hurt me because I've never seen her like that before,” said Amare Harris, her grandson.
As she continues to recover, Williams said she’s adding a new mission to her community outreach.
“Making people aware who are living in a house where people smoke that they need to take, they need to cognizant of the fact that they, too, can end up with a cancer because of what other people are doing,” said Williams.
Williams starts post-treatment immunotherapy this summer.