Obituary of Robert Wayne Williams

Memorial services for Robert Wayne Williams, 57, Overton, will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 28, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel. Mr. Williams passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2016 in Gilmer. He was born May 4, 1959 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania to the late Robert and Shirley Bailey Williams. He is a veteran of the US Army and married Nancy Lynn Lyons June 21, 1989. They moved to the Arp/ Overton area twenty-five years ago from Pasadena, Texas and he worked as a welder for Baker Tank, Arp for 25 years and was currently employed by Consolidated Fabrications of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He enjoyed his farm and his animals and was a wonderful grandfather and very loved by his grandchildren and family and he will be very missed by all. Besides her parents, he was preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Nyoma Ellen Decker Featherston. Survivors includes wife, Nancy Williams, Overton; a daughter, Robin Williams; his mother who raised him, Diane Williams, New Smyrna Beach, Florida; a brother, Bruce Williams; two sisters, Anissa Faye Williams, Maryville, California and Alissa Raye Williams, Summer, Connecticut; three grandchildren, Kayla Featherston, Summer Williams, and Christian Featherston. Online registration and condolences are available at www.cottlefuneralhome.com