Lucia Williams

Services for Lucia Gertrude Williams, 94 of Hale Center, TX were held at 2:00 pm Thursday, May 5, 2010 in the First Baptist Church with Dr. Carrol Green officiating. Burial followed in the Plainview Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home and Flower Shop of Hale Center, TX. Mrs. Williams died in Plainview, TX, Monday, May 3, 2010. She was born March 30, 1916 west of Kress, TX and graduated from Tulia High School in 1933. She married Carl Coleman Williams on August 2, 1938 in Sante Fe, NM. He died in 1980. She worked as a nurse for the Tulia Hospital, Plainview Sanitorium and Hi Plains Hospital in Hale Center. She was believed to be the oldest living member of First Baptist Church in Hale Center where she had taught Sunday School and had served as a WMU president. She was a member of D.A.R., Mary McCoy Bangs Chapter in Plainview, Colonial Dames, James Towne Society and a bridge club. She was named Pioneer Woman of the Plains in 2000. She is survived by a son, Carl Joe Williams of Hale Center, TX, 2 daughters, Lucia McBeth of Kress, TX and Margaret Louthan of Hale Center, TX a brother, Thomas Franklin Ormsby of Kress, TX 5 grandchildren, Mark Williams, Mary Steen, Neal Wright, Kirk McBeth and Russ McBeth and 9 great grandchildren. The family suggests memorial contributions be sent to Gideons or the First Baptist Church in Hale Center. Abell Funeral Home