Florence Evelyn Williams
d. February 15, 2009
Date Died: February 15, 2009
BOYD -- Florence Evelyn Williams, 75, a retired English teacher and florist, went to be with our Lord Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, at her home in Boyd.
The Celebration of Evelyn's life is 2 p.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church in Boyd. Interment: Boyd Cemetery. Visitation: 6:30 to 8 p.m Monday at the funeral home.
The Reverend Robert Tuck and the Reverend Donald E. Lewis will officiate. Pallbearers: Robert Ratliff, Robert Smith, Ernest Partin, Dennis Tidwell, Danny Lambert and Brent Etter.
Evelyn was born July 19, 1933, to Irvan Miller and Clara Barton Anglin West in Fort Worth. She lived her first years on a farm in Hamilton County and in 1945, moved to Hawley, where she graduated from high school in 1951. Evelyn enrolled in McMurray College in Abilene and graduated in the spring of 1955.
Evelyn married Royce Wayne Williams on March 21, 1959, in Handley Methodist Church in Fort Worth. The family moved to Boyd in 1970. She taught English at Handley Junior and Senior high schools in Fort Worth for five years and at Boyd Junior and Senior high schools for 11 years. After retiring from teaching, she created and operated Village Flowers and Gifts in Boyd for 10 years until again retiring. Evelyn was a member of First United Methodist Church in Boyd.
Evelyn and Royce enjoyed traveling over the United States; visiting several Canadian provinces and a special trip to England, Scotland and Ireland. Evelyn traveled with her sister, Clarita, to Europe four times and made one cruise of the Agean Sea following the journeys of St. Paul.
Left behind to cherish her memory are her husband of 49 years; Royce; her son, Rafe Williams and his wife, Annette, of Boyd; her daughter, Mary Lewis and her husband, Keith, of Keller; grandchildren, Amanda and Travis Williams, Kyle and Matthew Lewis; her sister, Clarita Dennis and her husband, Robert, of Bedford; sister-in-law, Shirley Hutcherson and her husband, Jim, of Arlington; brother-in-law, Charles Williams of Burleson; several nieces and nephews; other relatives; and a host of friends.
The family requests memorials be made the the building fund of the First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 337, Boyd, TX, 76023