Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Mr. Cecil Bradford “Deak” Willis

  The Angelic Hosts came for Mr. Cecil Bradford “Deak” Willis, 73, on Sunday, 
March 16, 2014 at the East Texas Medical Center in Fairfield, Texas among loving 
family and devoted friends. A viewing was held Friday, March 21, 2014 from 10:00 
AM until 8:00 PM at Moore’s Angelic Funeral Home, 406 Monroe Street, Teague, 
Texas 75860 with the family present from 7:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Funeral Services 
were at 10:00 AM on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at True Vine DOXA Center, 917 South 
Fairway, Fairfield, Texas 75840 with Rev. Michael Daniels, Pastor, officiating. 
Interment followed at Shiloh Cemetery, Oakwood, Texas.
  Mr. Cecil “Deak” Bradford Willis was the second of six children born to Mr. 
Ervin Willis and Mrs. Arra Mae Washington Willis on April 13, 1940 in Freestone 
County, Texas. He went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at the East 
Texas Medical Center in Fairfield, Texas among loving family and devoted friends.
  Mr. Willis grew up in Freestone County and attended Fairfield Public Schools. 
He was baptized in New Zion Baptist Church in the Post Oak Community at an early 
age. Cecil was a Deacon as well as a Mason. 
  Mr. Willis was employed as a truck driver all of his life. Deak enjoyed 
watching TV Westerns and he loved to eat.  He will most be remembered for his 
outgoing personality and talkative nature – he never met a stranger.
  Cecil was preceded in death by: his parents; his son: Eddie Lee Willis; and 
his brothers: William Woodard, Onless Willis, Joseph Willis, Ervin Willis, Jr., 
A.W. Willis, and Travis Willis. 
  Those left to cherish his memory most are: his sons: Freddie Lee Willis, 
Fairfield, TX; Rickie Roland Willis and wife Willie Mae, and Bradford Wayne 
Willis, all of Mexia, TX; his daughters: Cecil Alondale Jones and husband Ronnie; 
Valrico, FL; Iva Hope Willis, Dallas, TX; Betty Tatum, and Diamond Willis, both 
of Mexia, TX; his sisters: Demple Wortham, Phoenix, AZ; Collie Mae Hunter and 
husband Eugene, Fort Worth, TX; Robbie Nell Henry and Shirlene Green, both of 
Garland, TX; his brother Pervie Woodard, Fairfield, TX; his grandchildren: Derek 
Forge, Dallas, TX; Anthony Forge, Wortham, TX; Frederick Eatmon, Dallas, TX; 
Bryan Jones and wife Emmie, Des Moines, IA; Jahreese Jordan, Sr., Valrico FL; 
Edrick Willis, Justin Washington and wife Laquita, and Rickie D. Willis, all of 
Dallas, TX;  Jahmaal Jones, Valrico, FL; Briceson Tatum, Groesbeck, TX; Angela 
Huckaby and husband Frederick,  and Lucretia Willis, all of Fort. Worth, TX; two 
special friends: Willie Davis Owens and Parks, both of Teague, Texas; a host of 
great grandchildren, great great-grandchildren, family and friends. 
  Moore’s Angelic Funeral Home will be serving the Willis Family.