Williams, Jack Roverta 

Jack Roverta Williams, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather 
and faithful servant of the Lord, went to be with the Lord on June 16, 2006. 
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, 2006, in the chapel of Rader 
Funeral Home of Longview. Burial will follow in Memory Park Cemetery. Jack was 
born October 28, 1928, in Healdton, Oklahoma, to Roe and Etta Williams. A 
lifelong resident of Longview and Kilgore, Jack graduated from Kilgore High 
School in 1946 and was a graduate of Kilgore College. He worked for Texas 
Eastman Company before retiring in January 1984 after 34 years of service. He 
married Johnnie Kesterson Williams on March 15, 2001. They loved dancing, 
traveling, sports, bridge, baby-sitting grandkids and their small Bible study 
group. Jack and Johnnie were members at Alpine Church of Christ, and Jack 
loved his "Prime Time" Sunday school class. Jack's first priority was always 
family. Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Roe and Etta Williams; and 
youngest brother, Dan Williams. Jack will be sadly missed by his wife, Johnnie; 
daughter, Shirley Cook and husband, Jim Cook, of Chandler, Texas; daughter, 
Linda Tillery and husband, Quin Tillery, of Longview, Texas; son, Dr. Andy 
Williams and wife, Dr. Jeannie Williams, of College Station, Texas; son, Dr. 
Joey Williams and wife, Kori Williams, of San Antonio, Texas; stepdaughter, 
Gayla Baxter and husband, Keith Baxter, of Dallas, Texas. Jack had nine 
grandchildren, Scott Parker, Russell Parker, Stacy Ellis, Hunter Tillery, 
John Tillery, Steven Williams, Shanna Williams, Jared Williams and Colby 
Williams; three stepgrandchildren, Blake Baxter, Brian Baxter and Brook 
Baxter; as well as six great- grandchildren, Steven Groves, Natalie Ellis, 
Kaylee Ellis, Brianna Ellis, Presley Parker and Macy Parker; his brothers, 
Udolph Williams and wife, Thelma, Doug Williams, Donald Williams and wife, 
Mary, Doyle Williams and wife, Pat, Ronald Williams and wife, Cloyce, and 
Fred Williams and wife, Jennie; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, 
a host of friends and good neighbors. The family will receive friends from 6-8 
p.m. Monday, June 19, 2006, at the funeral home. A memorial guestbook may be 
signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/18/2006.