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Belva Pauline Williams Gardner

18 Mar 1908 – 31 May 1994

Birth	18 Mar 1908
Death	31 May 1994
Cemetery	Itasca Cemetery Itasca , Hill County , Texas , USA
Added by	Rhonda Windham on 05 Nov 2002
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6893328

Bio

Belva Pauline Williams was born on March 18, 1908 to John Wesley and Fleeta Fields Williams in Whitney, Texas. Her brothers and sisters were; Vance Williams, Sherrell Williams, Mae Williams Cooper, Nelma Williams Golden, Gertrude Williams Shelley, and Buster Williams. Belva married William Leonard Gardner of Itasca, Texas on December 26,1926. They had seven children; Oneta Gardner Green, Jimmy Gardner, Gaynelle Gardner Seale, Bobby Gardner, Shirley Gardner Jennings,Tommy Gardner, June Gardner Johnston, and Betty JoAnn Gardner who died as an infant. Belva spent her entire life being a homemaker providing a happy home for her husband, her children and her 18 grandchildren. She was an excellent cook and she said that she began cooking meals for her family when she was about 8 or 10 years old because her mother died. She said that Papa Williams would place a wood crate next to the stove so she could stand on it to be tall enough to cook. She was famous for her homemade yeast rolls which she made almost daily for many years. Belva was affectionaly known as Nanny to her 18 granchildren. She had a wonderful infectious laugh and was so loving, kind, and patient. Belva enjoyed music and would play "Mockingbird Hill" on the piano and her pump organ. She died on May 31, 1994 after a long illness. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and she is greatly missed.

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Family

Parents

• John Wesley Williams 1868–1961
• Fleeta Serena Fields Williams 1875–1918

Spouse

• Leonard William Gardner 1907–1977

Siblings

• Ethel Williams 1893–1894
• Johnnie Edith Williams Shelley 1895–1960
• Hazel Gertrude Williams Shelley 1896–1984
• Dewey Elbert Williams 1898–1918
• Mae Annie Williams Cooper 1900–1996
• Oscar Alston Williams 1902–1918
• Wessie Odell Williams Copeland 1904–1948
• Chesley Howard "Rass" Williams 1906–1967
• Sherrell Wayne Williams 1912–2002
• Nelma Norene Williams Golden 1914–2006

Children

• Oneta Faye Gardner Green 1928–1987
• Jimmy Ray Gardner 1930–1983
• Betty Joann Gardner 1934–1934

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