Collin Co., TX - Obits: Abbie Lou Williams Meaders-Hale ******************************************************* Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ Contributed by: Elaine Bay ******************************************************* Abbie Lou Williams Meaders-Hale, 93, of McKinney, Texas, passed away on June 21, 2008, at her home. She was born on March 8, 1915, in Kemp, Texas, the fifth of six children to Warren Hutchens (Huttie) Williams and Jessie Victoria (Weatherly) Williams. Lou was a cattle rancher, and she also worked for McShan Florist in Garland for many years. Lou moved to Plano, Texas, in 1954. She was a member of AA since November 1949. On Sept. 15, 1995, she married Wallace M. Hale, who preceded her in death in 2007. She is survived by her daughters, Julia Anne Lyda and husband, Hap of Southlake, Texas, and Jolly Tucker and husband, Doyle of Lucas, Texas; grandchildren, Marc, Jay, Lance, Peter, Julie, Kerri and Rick; and great- grandchildren, Jared, Morgan, Avery, Lindy, Sarah Beth, Tyler, Hayley, Christopher, Bradley and Kaycee. Abbie Lou Williams Meaders-Hale is preceded in death by Roy Whiteman, John Meaders and Joe Crutcher, as well as her sister and brothers, Erna, Warren, Temple, E.H. and Billy Dunk. Funeral services will take place at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 28, 2008, in the Turrentine-Jackson- Morrow Chapel, with her son-in-law, Rev. Dr. Hap Lyda, officiating. Interment will follow at Fitzhugh Cemetery, located in the Forest Grove Community of Lucas, Texas. The family will receive friends for a visitation from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home. To convey condolences or to sign an online registry, please visit www.tjmfuneral.com. ~ ~ ~ McKinney Gazette, June 29, 2008