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Submitted: 3/20/20 • Approved: 5/21/23 • Last Updated: 5/24/23 • R285467-G285466-S3
Bobby Carl Williams
April 18, 1935-January 13, 2023
Jane Shepherd Williams
July 25, 1936-November 24, 2015
*Obituary Bobby Carl Williams
Bobby Carl Williams
April 18, 1935 - January 13, 2023
Graveside services for Bobby Carl Williams, 87, of Seagraves, will be held Saturday, January 21st at 12:00 noon in the Seagraves Cemetery under the direction of Ratliff Funeral Homes.
Williams was born the 5th of nine children to Bertha Childress Williams and Carl Williams on April 18, 1935 at the family home in the Draw Community of Lynn County, Texas. He attended Draw-Redwine School until the family moved to Tahoka. In high school Bobby played football for the Bulldogs and met a tall basketball-playing young lady, Jane Shepherd. He made sure his team elected her as Football Queen. After high school they married March 4, 1956 in the Grassland Methodist Church. The couple moved to Seagraves (The last farm frontier!) in Gaines County following their marriage and raised their family there. Jane was fond of saying "we moved here as soon as we could so why leave?" Bobby loved to work and felt that everyone else should as well even if they were over 70 years old! He loved the smell of freshly turned soil, the physicality of oil field work, the technicality of the trucking industry and the 'Salt Mines' at Cedar Lake. His retirement years were filled with maintaining the family farms and lots of coffee time whenever he found a coffee pot and willing talkers.
Bobby was preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, his parents and siblings: Juanita Bueermann (John), Bill Williams (Georgie), Fred (Slick) Williams (Vera), Lena Killman (Perry), Jerry Williams, Donald Gene ("Shorty") Williams and Richard Williams; nephews: Bill Bueermann ("Little Bill"), Garland Williams and Gregg Williams; in-laws: Lynn Davis, Margie Conway (C.W.), Beth Chapman (Ferman/"Granny") and John Shepherd (Frances).
Survivors include: daughter Bobbie Jautaun Williams of Lewisville, sons John Whitney Williams and wife Deanya of Lubbock and Joseph Allen Williams and wife Pam of Hamby; Grandchildren: Eric Williams and wife Taysha, Crescenda Uhles and husband Michael, Austin Williams and partner Sarah and Haven Williams; three Great-Grandchildren: Cooper Williams, Camdyn Williams and Mack Henry Uhles; Sister, Patricia (Susie) Davis; sisters-in-law: Dorothy Williams, Nancy Williams, Glenda Williams and a host of nieces and nephews.
Following the service the family will gather at the Loop Community Building for a meal and visitation. Everyone is invited.
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SEAGRAVES-Jane Williams departed this earth on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Lubbock. Our mother and friend stepped into her Eternal Heavenly rest and we will miss her greatly as she awaits us there. Memorial services will be 2 p.m.., Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, at First United Methodist Church in Seagraves with Pastor Beverly Titus officiating and Pastor Cam Givan assisting. Personal services have been entrusted to Mark A. Jones Funeral Directors of Seagraves.
Jane was born to A.L. and Bernice (Gary) Shepherd in Grassland, Texas on July 25, 1936. She attended schools in Grassland and Tahoka, graduating as valedictorian in 1954. Jane attended Texas Tech University. She married Bobby Carl Williams on March 4, 1956 in Grassland, Texas. They resided on the farm near Seagraves and later moved into town where she and Bobby raised three children. Jane was employed by Mack Hill Oil Co. and later Santa Fe Energy Resources until her retirement. She was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church where she also served as pianist for many years. Jane was a voracious reader and quick-witted. She took much pride and pleasure in family time.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 59 years; daughter, Bobbie Jautaun Williams of Odessa; sons Whitney (Deanya) of Lamesa; Joseph (Pamela) of Hamby; grandchildren: Eric (Taysha); Crescenda, Austin, and Haven; two great-grandchildren; and sister-in-law, Frances Shepherd. She leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Jane was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Margie Conway, Beth Chapman and Glenda Earl Shepherd; and brother, John Shepherd. In lieu of flowers family request that donations be made to First United Methodist Church, PO Box 878, Seagraves, TX 79359 or Methodist Children's Home, 1111 Herring Ave, Waco, TX, 76708 or at WWW.MCH.org.
Published in The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on Nov. 29, 2015.
Contributed on 3/20/20 by neldapat
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