And, a reporter asked, what would she say to Anita Hill if she had the chance?; "I'd tell her to pray," she replied. "She needs God bad. I won't say nothing bad about her because she's a mother-child, too. But, whoever put her up to it, I just pray she'll get her life straightened out."; In Thomas' birthplace, the hometown crowd has made no attempt to disguise where its heart lies. A handwritten sign on the main thoroughfare announces: "Pinpoint Georgia, the home of Judge Clarence Thomas."; Not surprisingly, no one here seemed to believe Hill's allegation that Thomas had sexually harassed her between 1981 and 1983 while she worked for him.; From a roof, a sign announced: "We believe Clarence."; Much of the community gathered before the only big-screen television available, at the home of Abraham Famble, deacon of the Sweet Fields of Eden Baptist Church, as the time for the Senate vote neared.; Williams prayed silently in the kitchen, asking God to watch over her son as she rubbed her hands nervously. The crowd joined her in the 23rd Psalm : "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death . . ."; As the tally reached a majority for Thomas, a cry of joy and applause rang out.; "Earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal," Famble said.
Leola Williams, mother of now Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas celebrated the news that her son was confirmed to the High Court. As the votes were announced she began to sing a spiritual and said that she never doubted the outcome. Asked what she would say to Anita Hill if given the chance, Mrs Williams said she would tell her to pray. "She needs God bad..." Local residents in Pinpoint, Georgia, the hometown of Thomas shared in Williams' celebration and joined her in saying the 23rd Psalm. They had believed and supported Thomas during the hearings.