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We don't want folders on server to be accessed by everyone

Goal:  I want to only give access to the individual themselves, the administrator and on some of them one or two other people.  

We have a server that is running Windows Server 2012.    The files that people save into their individual folders on the were originally set up so that everyone can access them.   When I right click on he parent folder and the individual folders inside and go to Properties and Security there is  "Administrators",  Administrator", "System", and "Users".    
On the individual folders, I can add the individual but the "users" group is still present and can access the folder.  I tried to remove Users but it says if a person has rights in two groups and you remove one group, then that is the over riding rule (No access).   How do I begin to change this so I can accomplish the goal above?
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So lets say I have Folder "A" and everyone has full control because in this folder are individual folders for Bob, Mary, Alice, Ken and Karen.   On each of these individual folders everyone has full rights at this time (along with SYSTEM, Administrators, and Administrator).   Can I go to the individual folder, say Mary's and add Mary in the Security,  then delete the "USERS" from Mary's folder?   This way Everyone has rights to the Folder "A" but then only Mary has rights to Mary's folder and no one else (except SYSTEM, Administrators and administrator)?
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