Mrs. J. L. Williamson Called –
Mrs. J. L. Williamson
was called by death, Saturday, March 26, after a long
illness. Funeral
services were held Monday Morning at 10:00 o’clock at
the First Baptist
Church with the Reverend
R. E. Harrison
of Orange, Texas holding the services and the burial
was in the Odd
Fellows’ Cemetery under the direction of the
Gamel Funeral Home
of Lampassas. Pallbearers were W.
H. Smith, Max Dorbandt, Dotson Corder, W. E.
Wallace, H. H. Galloway, and Earl
Foulds. Honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
Vaughan, Dr. Patteson, W. Lee Yarborough, Andy
Shilling, George Simpson, and Cecil
Rotch of Austin. Flower girls were: Mrs.
C. H. Dickens, Mrs. Walker Phillips, Mrs. Dorothy
Reynolds and Mrs.
L. C. Lange.
Mrs. Williamson was
born December 29,
1879, in Louisiana, was a member of the First Baptist
Church and before
ill health confined her to her home, she took an
active part in church
work at this place.
Mrs. Williamson was
united in marriage to the late Dr.
J. L. Williamson
who preceded her in death, August 24, 1944, in Llano
County on March
17, 1904, and soon after this marriage, this fine
couple moved to
Burnet, where Dr. Williamson practiced medicine, until
his death.
Born to this union were six children, J.
L. Jr., and Etheleen
preceeding them in death, and those remaining behind
to mourn their mothers’ passing are J.
K. of Burnet, L.
A. of San
Angelo, Marie,
who so devotedly looked after her mother’s needs, and
Mrs. T. A. Loveless of
Corpus Christi.
Mrs. Williamson Also
leaves four sisters: Mrs.
Russell Johnson, Tyler; Mrs.
Albert Scott, Llano; Mrs.
A. J. Glass, Houston, Mrs.
W. O. Spurling, San Antonio; and one brother
T. P. Finklea
of Houston and five grandchildren.
The Burnet Bulletin, Thursday 31 Mar 1949
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