Thelma McWilliams

SERVICES: Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM Thursday, June 5, 2003 at Fairview Cemetery in Pampa with John Curry, officiating. Arrangements are by Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home in Austin and Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.<br><br>BIOGRAPHY: Thelma's Texas roots are deep. Her grandmother, Sam Houston Ross, was named for the famous Texas general, Sam Houston, with whom her family fought the war for independence. Thelma was born in Lavernia, Texas on Dec. 20, 1903. As a young girl, she made a 1200-mile trek from San Antonio to eastern New Mexico where her father homesteaded 30 miles from the nearest town. The family later returned to Lavernia where she lived until she moved to San Antonio and attended Draughon's Business College. Until she married, she worked as a secretary for an oil company. In November, 1929, she married J. C. McWilliams with whom 3 sons and 1 daughter were born. SURVIVORS: 1 daughter: Betty Lou Patterson of Oklahoma City; 1 son: Kenneth McWilliams of Austin; 1 brother: O. G. McClain of Houston; 12 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.MEMORIALS: First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 1981, Pampa, TX 79066-1981.