Ruby Doris Williams

Ruby Doris Williams, 86, of Orange, Texas, passed away on December 28, 2018, in Beaumont, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 5, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange.

Visitation will be held prior to the funeral service, beginning at 1:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Kerens, Texas, on November 12, 1932, she was the daughter of J. H. Gresham and Ruby Florence (Ford) Gresham. Ruby worked for many years managing Coastal and Billups convenience stores, and retired at the age of 64. She was a faithful member of Winfree Baptist Church. Ruby loved her family and loved to cook for them. She enjoyed reading, working in her yard, and her flowers. Ruby will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Elton and Florence Bozarth; her husband, Johnnie Ray Williams; her son, Leslie Gerald Farrar; her sister, Betty Jean Broussard; and her brothers, Howard Bozarth and Warren Bozarth.

She is survived by her children, Edward Williams and wife Rashell of Orange, Rebecca Williams and husband Dean of Seattle, Washington, Mike Williams of West Orange, and James Ray Williams of Dallas; her sisters-in-law, Patsy Guidry of Beaumont and Margie Williams of Beaumont; her brother-in-law, Richard Broussard of Buna; her 8 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; and her several nieces and nephews.

Serving as pallbearers will be Reb Broussard, Dale Bassinger, Rufus Sonnier, Casen Barnes, Charles Getz, and A. J. Williams. Honorary pallbearers are Christopher Williams and James Williams, Jr.