Jerry Lee Adle Williams, 80, of Greenville left us Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at Baylor Hospital of Dallas, for better days with her Lord. No more suffering. Services are planned for 3 P.M., Friday, November 4, 2016 at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel.
Jerry Lee was born in Fort Worth, Texas on December 12, 1935, to James and Myrtle Marie Adle. She is survived by two brothers, John of Dickinson, Texas and Jim of Kemah, Texas. Jerry Lee was a gymnast at North Side High School where she reigned as Homecoming Queen as a senior. Her dad worked for Swift & Co. at the Fort Worth Stockyards, and her family home served as a gathering spot for the colorful stockyard co-horts of Mr. Adle who was famous for his culinary talents.
Jerry Lee graduated cum Laude from TCU with a Business Administration degree in 1958, subsequently entering the work force in Fort Worth. Her future husband, Joe Williams of Greenville attended TCU on an athletic scholarship where he graduated cum Laude with a BS in geology in 1957. The TCU football team during those years represented the SWC in the Cotton Bowl Classic twice, in 1956 and 1957.
Jerry Lee married the love of her life in Fort Worth on April 17, 1959, and settled in Greenville where Joe worked with his father, Ed Jr., and brothers Ed III., and David in the family business, Williams Bit and Tool Company, manufacturers of oil field tools. They also spent time with Joe’s sister, Lynne, during those fun years.
Jerry Lee quickly became a “Greenville Girl” for the rest of her life, with the exception of two years in Switzerland on company business.
She loved playing bridge and also joined the Spade and Trowel Garden Club, as gardening was her passion. She never met a stranger, engaging everyone walking by her house in conversation.
Jerry Lee and Joe have two children, Larry Williams and family of Conroe, Leanne Farquhar and daughters of Commerce and her son, Joey and wife, Lauren of Midland. All of her grandchildren, Josey, Betsy, Peter, Nicholas, Joey, Taylor, Kenzie and great-grandbaby Kyndall got to kiss her goodbye. She loved everybody and everybody loved her.