Ector Co. TX - Obits from the Odessa American Online 22 April 2000 Submitted by Charlene Beatty Beauchamp cbodessa@classicnet.net Thanks to the Odessa American Online http://www.oaoa.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OA Online Obituaries. April 21, 2000 Permian Basin Obituaries _________________________________________________________________ Vernon A.C. Williams ODESSA — Vernon A.C. Williams, 76, of Odessa died April 19, 2000, at Avalon Place Nursing Center. He was born Dec. 2, 1923, in Waldrop. He married Eugenia "Jean" Lunsford Sept. 15, 1956, in Lovington, N.M. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 2000, at Chapel Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Jimmy Law officiating. Inurnment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park in Midland. Mr. Williams was a World War II veteran serving in the Army. He then moved to Odessa in 1946 from Breckenridge and had been employed by Tom Brown Drilling in Midland for 25 years. He was a member of Chapel Hill Baptist Church and was a lifetime member of VFW Post No. 4372. He was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew Clint and Ada Anderson; brother, Lloyd Williams; and sister, Mae Crowell. He is survived by his wife, Eugenia "Jean" Williams; son, and daughter-in-law, Charles R. and Connie Williams; daughter, JoTonnea Williams; grandsons, Korey Puffinbarger, Ryan Williams, all of Odessa, and Justin Lackey of Arlington; and granddaughters, Krystal Moore of Monahans and Toyie Williams of Big Spring. He is also survived by brother and sister-in-law, Ray and Mable Williams of Odessa; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sylvia and James White of Odessa, Doris Callahan of Breckenridge and Peggy Funderberg of Breckenridge; stepbrother, Billy Richardson and his wife, Billie, of Odessa; stepsisters, Bernice McMann of Odessa and Patsy Labelle and her husband, Robert, of Arkansas; and 12 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. The family expresses its deepest appreciation to Avalon Place Nursing Center and Home Hospice, especially Charolotte Bridges and Cheryl Farr. Arrangements by Frank W. Wilson Funeral Directors. (www. wilsonfuneral.com) _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000 Odessa American. All rights reserved.