1919
Mattithealia
2016
Mattithealia "Mattie" Williams
July 12, 1919 — May 20, 2016
Mattithealia (Mattie) Williams, 96 of Amarillo died Friday, May 20, 2016.
Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Trinity United Methodist Church with Josh Kouri, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mattithealia (Mattie) Williams was born July 12,1919 to Turner Oliver Brewer and Clara Belle Seely Brewer in Chillicothe Tx, the oldest of 3 children. She married Merrell Weldon Williams July 10,1940. They farmed outside Quanah for a number of years before moving to The Texas A&M Extension Service Experiment Station in Chillicothe in 1944. She was a full time loving and caring mother and homemaker until her sons were older. At that point she starting working in the office of the Experiment Station and worked there for 37 years.
Mattithealia loved God, her family, shopping (really loved shopping), sewing, crafts, painting with water colors, and supporting her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren in their many activities. After macular degeneration took most of her vision, she stayed active through Saints Alive Choir, Women Without Partners, church lunch bunch, and bible study. She always wanted to help others and insisted on bringing something to all family and church functions even in the later years of her life.
She loved birthdays & holiday parties and started counting down days, months before the next known birthday, both for family and her own. She was very surprised & excited that she had lived this long. She continued performing her annual Christmas jig well into her 80’s,
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Weldon in 2011, 2 brothers Sydney and Calvin and a grandchild Willie Williams.
The family will receive visitors at the funeral home tonight, Tuesday, May 24th from 6 PM until 7 PM
Survivors include two sons Wayne Williams and wife Pat of Bentonville, AR; Roy Williams and wife Karen of Amarillo; five grandchildren, Chris Williams and wife Delaney of Springdale AR; Holly Williams of Bentonville, AR; Heather Broadhurst and husband Leslie of Amarillo; Kenda Hartmann and husband Mark of Overland Park, KS; Meggan Havelka and husband Randy of Lewisville, TX; 11 great grandchildren; and her very special friend Sabrina Moomaw; and many nieces and nephews.
The family would like to give a special thanks to the caretakers at Bivins Rehab and the entire staff and nurses at BSA Hospice of the Southwest Hospital for their loving care and compassion for our dear mother during her stay.
Memorials may be given to Trinity United Methodist Church or BSA Hospice of the Southwest.
Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at Trinity United Methodist Church with Josh Kouri, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mattithealia (Mattie) Williams was born July 12,1919 to Turner Oliver Brewer and Clara Belle Seely Brewer in Chillicothe Tx, the oldest of 3 children. She married Merrell Weldon Williams July 10,1940. They farmed outside Quanah for a number of years before moving to The Texas A&M Extension Service Experiment Station in Chillicothe in 1944. She was a full time loving and caring mother and homemaker until her sons were older. At that point she starting working in the office of the Experiment Station and worked there for 37 years.
Mattithealia loved God, her family, shopping (really loved shopping), sewing, crafts, painting with water colors, and supporting her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren in their many activities. After macular degeneration took most of her vision, she stayed active through Saints Alive Choir, Women Without Partners, church lunch bunch, and bible study. She always wanted to help others and insisted on bringing something to all family and church functions even in the later years of her life.
She loved birthdays & holiday parties and started counting down days, months before the next known birthday, both for family and her own. She was very surprised & excited that she had lived this long. She continued performing her annual Christmas jig well into her 80’s,
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Weldon in 2011, 2 brothers Sydney and Calvin and a grandchild Willie Williams.
The family will receive visitors at the funeral home tonight, Tuesday, May 24th from 6 PM until 7 PM
Survivors include two sons Wayne Williams and wife Pat of Bentonville, AR; Roy Williams and wife Karen of Amarillo; five grandchildren, Chris Williams and wife Delaney of Springdale AR; Holly Williams of Bentonville, AR; Heather Broadhurst and husband Leslie of Amarillo; Kenda Hartmann and husband Mark of Overland Park, KS; Meggan Havelka and husband Randy of Lewisville, TX; 11 great grandchildren; and her very special friend Sabrina Moomaw; and many nieces and nephews.
The family would like to give a special thanks to the caretakers at Bivins Rehab and the entire staff and nurses at BSA Hospice of the Southwest Hospital for their loving care and compassion for our dear mother during her stay.
Memorials may be given to Trinity United Methodist Church or BSA Hospice of the Southwest.
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