Thressa Williams

Thressa Marie Williams, 93 year old resident of Chattanooga, Tennessee, died January 23, 2015 at Lifecare Center of Redbank, Chattanooga. Born December 4, 1921 in Wickes, Arkansas, she was the daughter of W.O. Felts and Nora Duncan Felts. The Duncan and Felts families were among the pioneers who settled Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Thressa Marie Felts was born into the Felts family, the youngest of five children. Her father, Oscar Felts, was a Nazarene preacher who moved as called from town to town in Oklahoma and Arkansas. They lived through the Great Depression in the middle of the Dust Bowl as a family surviving in part on the large garden her father cultivated. Unusual for the time, she graduated from Bethany Nazarene College where she met her husband, Trafton Devoight Williams. They settled in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Her husband was called to become the pastor of The Church of The Nazarene in Kirksville, Missouri, where she attended graduate school and earned her Master’s Degree. They moved to Raytown, Missouri, while her husband earned his Doctorate. Afterwards in 1965, they lived in Nashville, Tennessee, where she was a guidance counselor in the Metro-Nashville Public Schools. When she retired, she moved to Chattanooga and lived next door to her son and his wife. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Trafton D. Williams; her parents, Rev. W.O. Felts and Nora Duncan Felts; siblings: Andy Felts, Ola Simpson, Clay Felts and Doil Felts. She is survived by one son, Ronald Williams and wife Sandra of Chattanooga; three grandchildren: Joshua Williams of Round Rock, Texas, Jacob Williams and wife Delphine of Marshall, Texas, and Jesse Williams of Portland, Oregon; three great grandchildren: Kaia Nichols of Rossville, Georgia, Savannah Williams and Knox Williams of Round Rock, Texas; nephews, Dr. Dick Simpson, Wayne Felts, Doyle Max Felts, and Bryce Felts; and nieces, Marcia Odman, Edley Felts and John Felts. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. until service time, Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Wasson Funeral Home.

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Thressa Williams

December 4, 1921 - January 23, 2015