Obituary of Reba Tomlin Williams

Services for Reba Tomlin Williams, 80, Quinlan, formerly of Whitehouse are scheduled for 2:00 pm, Monday, October 19 at the Cottle Funeral Home chapel, Troup, with Dr. Jim Pritchard officiating. Burial will be in the Flint Cemetery. Mrs. Williams died Friday, October 16, 2009 in a Rockwall Hospital. She was born November 9, 1928, in Smith County, near Whitehouse, to the late Aubrey Hicks Tomlin and Berta Faye Rawlings Tomlin. She was a 1946 graduate of Whitehouse High School and had been a resident of Quinlan for the past several years. She retired from Atco Tool Company in Ferris in 1989. She married John W. Williams May 17, 1946 and he preceded her in death September 9, 1974. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Roy Tomlin and Richard Tomlin. Survivors include four daughters and two sons-in-law, Linda and Bobby Patterson and Dottie Smith, all of Quinlan and Berta and Michal Allen and Edith Williams all of Forney; brothers and sisters-in-law, Rev. Rayburn and Wilma Tomlin, Troup and Rev. Raymond and Cordelia Tomlin, Weatherford; sister, Ruby Zardiackas, Caldwell; grandchildren and their spouses, Keith and Renee Patterson, Kelly and Chris Hutchins, Matthew and Wendy Allen, Wesley and Kim Williams, and Daniel Smith; great-grandchildren, Nathan, Taylor and Hailey Patterson, Allie Hutchins, Julie and Natalie Allen; and numerous nieces and nephews and other family and friends. Pallbearers will be Keith Patterson, Matthew Allen, Wesley Williams, Daniel Smith, Chris Hutchins and Nathan Patterson. The Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm, Sunday, October 18.