Don Douglas "Dink" Williams

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Mr. Don Douglas "Dink" Williams, age 85, passed away Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Conyers, Georgia.

He was born October 20, 1935, in Sabine County, Texas, to parents Sarah Jane (Horton) and Dink Douglas Williams and spent his growing years around Bronson, Texas. Dink and his family lived in the Lumberton, Texas, area for several years and he worked for Santa Fe Railroad. After retirement he and Bettie moved to the Beechwood/Fairmount community on Toledo Bend near Hemphill, Texas, where they made their home until relocating to Georgia with family.

Dink joined the Centerview Baptist Church in his younger years and was active with Yellowpine-Macedonia Baptist Church during the past several years living in Sabine County.

He proudly served his country as a veteran and was a faithful participant with the O.P. Pate Memorial American Legion Unit 197 in Hemphill.

His survivors include his wife, Bettie June (Easley) Williams; a son, Alan Williams and wife Rebekah; grandchildren, James and Krystal Whatley, Nathaniel Ryan Whatley, Megan Williams and Glen Channey, Mycah and Juan Esparza, Manda and Tyler Reese, and Nico Pittman; and great-grandchildren, Shaelyn, Luke, and Chasten Whatley, Nathan and Nicole Miller, Lyla and Landon Reese, and Cesia and Candace Esparza.

In addition to his parents, Dink was preceded in death by his daughter, Donna Elizabeth Duplechin, in 1996.

Funeral services are set for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 15, 2021, at Yellowpine-Macedonia Baptist Church, located at the intersection of Hwy. 87 and FM 2343 in the Yellowpine community (Sabine County), with Pastor T. A. Lane officiating. Interment will follow at the Centerview Cemetery, located at 1000 Centerview Road, Pineland, Texas.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2021, at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, located at 316 W. Columbia Street in San Augustine, Texas.

Visit www.WymanRobertsFuneralHome.com for memories and condolences.

Services are under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine, Texas.

Also published in The Sabine County Reporter, April 14, 2021, page 4

Family/Spouse: Bettie June Easley. Bettie (daughter of Cecil Clarence Easley and Eulalia Pate) was born on 6 Sep 1934 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jul 2021 in Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Georgia; was buried on 20 Jul 2021 in Yellowpine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]