Ellis County Texas Archives Obituaries.....Williams, Lillie & Whit 1961
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The Ennis Daily News
Mrs. Williams is Taken by Death
( 1961 )

Mrs. O.W. (Whit) Williams 84, died at noon Tuesday at the Ennis Municipal
Hospital after a long illness.

Mrs. Williams, formerly Lillie May Hightower was born Jan 27, 1877 in Callahan
County, the daughter of Allen G and Lillie Hollingworth Hightower.  In 1897 she
was married to Whit Williams of Ellis County. They came to Ennis to live in 1900
and Mr. Williams passed away in 1945.

Surviving her are one son Dewey Williams of Houston, one daughter, Mrs. Fred L.
Fifer of Tyler; three sisters, Mrs. Wade Smith of Waxahachie; Mrs. John Maggard
of Ft. Worth and Mrs. A.N. Tadlock of  Honesboro, Arkansas; two grandchildren
and three great grandchildren.

The funeral service will be held at the Keever Chapel on Wednesday at 4pm with
interment in Mytle Cemetery.

Mrs. Williams was a member of the First Baptist Church and the W.B.A.


The Frost News
Aug 20, 1945
O.  W.  Williams died Sunday, Aug 19. Oliver Whitfield Williams was born in
Decatur, Tenn, son of N.N. and Mary Frances Williams.  He came to Texas at the
age of 16.  He married Lillie Hightower on March 17, 1897

Additional Comments:
Allen G. Hightower was the 12th child of Charnell and Elon Watts Hightower.

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