Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



The Fairfield Recorder
Thursday, February 17, 1977 - Page 9

[This is Colon Jackson Willard]

COLON WILLARD

Funeral services for Colon J. Willard were held at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at 
Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Don Pruitt, pastor of the church, and Rev.
D. Dewey Morgan, pastor of Caney Baptist Church, officiating.  Interment was
in Lakes Chapel Cemetery near Fairfield.

Born in Freestone County Jan. 4, 1898, Mr. Willard died following a short 
illness at Navarro County Memorial Hospital in Corsicana Saturday, Feb. 12.  He
was the son of the late Ben and Elizabeth Yates Willard.  He was a member of 
Calvary Baptist Church and had been associated with the automobile business in
Fairfield and Teague much of his life, employed by Hall-Owens Ford Company in
Teague at the time of his death,

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Pearl Willard of Fairfield; one son, Dale 
Willard, of Fort Worth; two daughters, Mrs. Lester Culp of Austin and Mrs.
William A. Stroud of Fort Worth; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild;
three brothers, Vernon Willard and Tommie Willard, both of Fairfield, and Joe
Willard of Duncanville; and three sisters, Mrs. Tom Bonner, Mrs. Florence 
Childs, and Mrs. Morris Ritter, all of Fairfield; and many friends and other 
relatives.

Pallbearers included C. L. Mullen, Carmel Blakely, Pete Davidson, Edd Bonner,
Charlie Lambert and Travis Bonner.

Capps Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.