Obituary for
T. C. "Coleman" Williams,
Jr.
submitted by
Edgle Dyer
| T. C. "Coleman"
Williams, Jr. 91, of Brownfield died Monday, July 9, 2007 in
Lubbock. Services were held Friday, July 13, at
the First United Methodist Church in Brownfield with Rev. Charles
Addington and Don WcWhorter officiating. Burial was in
Peaceful Gardens Memorial Park Cemetery in Lubbock. Mr. Williams was born July 2, 1916, to Thomas and Harriett Williams. He graduated from Cisco High School in 1932 and attended two years at Cisco Junior College. He also attended Texas Tech where he played basketball on a scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Petroleum Engineering. Mr. Williams married Margaret Looman on Sept. 14, 1940, in Lubbock. They lived in Midland where he worked as an engineer with the Railroad Commission. He was a WWII U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran. In 1946 he moved to Terry County and worked as the superintendent of Prentice, Wasson, Andrews, Snyder, Big Lake, and Seminole oil and gas fields for Honolulu Oil Corporation. He retired from Amoco in 1982. He was active in the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Petroleum Institute. Mr. Williams was Co-Founder of the API Scholarship Committee at South Plains College. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Southwest Petroleum Short Course. He served Brownfield as Mayor and City Councilman for two terms. He was Chairman of the Terry County Park Board for 25 years and was a member of First United Methodist Church. Mr. Williams is survived by his wife---Margaret; one daughter---Anita Welch and her husband---Jerry of Westcliffe, Colo.; one son---Tom and his wife---Willene of Houston; two grandchildren---Greg Crowley of San Francisco, Calif. and Mary Margaret Williams of Houston. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to the South Plains College Foundation to benefit Coleman and Margaret Williams API Scholarship Fund, 1401 College Ave., Levelland, 79336. Brownfield News |