O.L. Williams, Jr.'s Obituary
PAMPA SERVICES - 1:00 pm on Saturday, March 28, 2009 in the First Baptist Church in Clarendon with Elder Harry Williams, Pastor of the New Jerusalem COGIC of Borger and Elder Roy S. Williams, Sr. , Pastor of the St. Stephens Baptist Church of Clarendon, officiating. INTERMENT - Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pampa. Arrangements are by Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon. Elder Williams, a long-time resident of Clarendon and the past 34 years in Pampa, was born January 7, 1921 to the late “Mother” Elvan Williams and O.L. Williams Sr., in Dawson, Texas where he also attended school. In 1944, he married Susie B. Jones and to that union was born ten children. Elder Williams accepted Christ and was called into the ministry in the Holiness Church in Clarendon, which is now called the True Church of God in Christ. Elder Williams served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict. He loved preaching, serving God, and his wife and children. He also loved farming and ranching. He worked many years for Jiggs Mann of Clarendon, and the Brittens of Groom. He then later married, Zonia Lynn on July 7, 1975 in Clovis, NM. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY - his parents; 7 brothers; 3 sisters; his first wife, Susie B. Williams; 3 daughters, Lois Yarbrough, Barbara Walton, and Pamela March; and a grandchild, Ricky Yarbrough. SURVIVORS - his wife, Zonia Williams of Pampa; 3 sisters, Faye Conway of Austin, Betty Scott of Sweetwater, and Peggy Jackson of Dallas; 2 daughters, Peggy Smith and husband Mack of Clarendon, and Sandra Williams of Denver, CO; 5 sons, Ellis Williams of Amarillo, Elder Harry Williams and wife Ella of Amarillo, Billy D. Williams of Denver, CO, Dwight Williams of Amarillo, and Elder Roy S. Williams, Sr. and wife Barbara of Clarendon; 3 step children, Sunni Wallace of Pampa, Delana of Colorado Springs, CO and Parnell Jackson of Pampa; 61 grandchildren, 53 great grandchildren, and a host of nieces, nephews, family, and friends. MEMORIALS - The family request memorials be to the Community Care Center of Clarendon / PO Box 1007 / Clarendon, Texas 79226. THE FAMILY WILL BE AT: 500 South Bugbee / Clarendon, Texas 79226 / Phone #: (806)874-2106
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