Betty June Williams, 85, of Amarillo, passed from this life on August 27, 2020. She was born on December 18, 1934, in Allen, Oklahoma to Monroe Hi and Ruby (Estes) Whitehead. She lived most of her life in Allen, and Gerty, Oklahoma for most of her life, and moved to Amarillo in 2012.
She married Carl Williams in Ada Oklahoma on December 19, 1953. Together they had three children, Carla Denise, Barbara Ann, and Glenn Eric. Betty had one more son, Gary Rich.
Betty attended nursing school to be a Licensed Practical Nurse in Oklahoma. She completed her education in 1971. She worked as an LPN at the Jan Francis Nursing Home. She also worked for Valley View Hospital in Cardiac Intensive Care and the Chickasaw Nation Hospital, all in Ada, Oklahoma, and retired in 1990.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ruby and Hi, and a half-brother, Harold Lee Whitehead.
Those left to cherish her memory are her children, Carla Denise Cantrell, of Amarillo, Texas, Barbara Ann Fasarella, of Ada, Oklahoma, Glenn Eric Williams, of Allen, Oklahoma, and Gary Rich, from Florida. She is also survived by eleven grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, as well as many nieces and nephews.
She loved her family so very much. Betty was deeply loved by her family and she will be dearly missed.
Service will be held Saturday, September 5th, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.
Location: First Baptist Church of Allen, Oklahoma
Sending prayers for the great loss of Betty June. I had the pleasure and opportunity to get see and visit with her on rare an few occasions. She had plethora of knowledge and the kindness to share it, well almost all of it. What a beautiful treasure we lost, but those impenetrable memories will forever remain. My love and healing hugs to all.
Tara R. Conner-Wofford