Wanda Ruth Abney Williams, 79, of Andrews passed away on Friday, March 10, 2017 in Andrews.
Family and friends will gather to celebrate her life at 10:00 AM Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at McNett Funeral Home Chapel in Andrews with Rev. Rick Doyle of Andrews officiating. Interment will follow in the Andrews Old Cemetery. Please celebrate her life by visiting www.mcnettfuneralhome.com.
Wanda was born on September 25, 1937 in Foreman, Arkansas to Allen Otto Abney and Constance “Connie” Dale Dollarhide Abney. She was raised in Arkansas and moved to Andrews, where she graduated from Andrews High School in 1954. While in high school, she was very talented in playing basketball. She married Jackie Leon Williams, Sr. on February 25, 1955 in Andrews. She had worked in Andrews for Buddy’s Drive In for 28 years and Grumpy’s Barbeque as a cook. She loved all types of sports, but especially basketball. She was the type of mom that went to all her children and grandchildren’s sports, games, and practices. She loved to do yard work, was a faithful fan of the Dallas Cowboys, bowled locally and in tournaments from 1961 – 1981, and was Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband on August 25, 2010, 2 children, Connie Ruth Williams and Alvin Wayne Williams, and 2 sisters, Eileen Duley and Mary Louis Lawrence, and 2 brothers, Thomas Ray Abney and Roy Wayne Abney.
Wanda is survived by her daughter, Jacqueline Williams of Andrews, son, Jackie Williams, Jr. and wife, Sonia, of Odessa, 4 sisters, Yvonne Simmons of Andrews, Cherry Abney of Beaumont, Linda Bagley of Andrews, and Margey Ysasi of Andrews, 2 brothers, James Abney and wife, Linda, of Robert Lee and Glen Abney and wife, Robyn, of Andrews, 2 grandchildren, Masumi Pritchard and husband, Seth, of Andrews and Amethyst Williams of Odessa, and 2 great grandchildren, Maddux Foster and John Pritchard of Andrews.
Memorials may be sent to American Cancer Society and Alzheimer’s Association.
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