Frank I. Williams

Frank Irvin Williams, Sr., was born September 10, 1945, he was the fourth child born to Henry Williams, Sr., and Jessie Mae Williams. Frank attended Douglas Junior High School, Highlands High School and Texas Southern Univeristy where football and track were his extreme passions. Frank also had a passion for the country life. He was an excellent cook and participated in many trail rides. He was a member of the Turning Point Trail Riders Association. On March 18, 1965 he married Mallie Eugene Samples. This union lasted forty two years until her death. Two son's were born to this union, Frank, Jr. and Christopher. As a young man he and his family joined the Antioch church family. Loyalty, when you think of the commitment to loyalty and what loyalty means; strength, long suffering and time enduring all comes to mind. But most of all when you think of Frank, loyalty to a cause is exactly who he was, loyal until the end. It was his great love for friends and family that made him the great man he was, always willing to commit to others. Frank's loving wife Mallie; his parents, Jessie Mae and Henry, Sr.; sister, Betty Deloris; brothers Henry, Jr. and Hillary Eugene all proceeded him in death. Frank leaves to cherish his memory son's, Frank Jr. and his wife Deborah, Christopher Sr., and his wife Alicia; daughters, Liza Wright and her husband Rico, Tammy Calton; sister, Elizabeth Jarmon and nine grandchildren along with a host of great grandchildren. He will be greatly missed by his Antioch Missionary Baptist Church family, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family, coffee buddies, business acquaintances and friends.