Mary Jo Williams

Mary Jo North Williams of Yukon, Oklahoma passed from this life on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at the

age of 98 years old. Jo was born on June 28, 1923, in Aspermont, TX to William Taylor North, Sr and

Mattie Aycock North. She grew up in a home with 7 sister and 2 brothers. She met Harold Williams in

Peacock, TX and continued to correspond with him when he had to move to California for work. Harold

asked Jo to marry him in a letter, so she boarded a train to California, and they were married on

September 12, 1942 in Oakland, CA.

Following the war, they moved back to Texas and bought a restaurant where Jo worked as a waitress

while also caring for her two small children. A couple of years later, in 1947, they sold the restaurant

and moved to Hobbs, NM where they lived for 54 years. Jo was an active member of Taylor Memorial

Baptist Church where she loved to sing and travel with the Jubilee Choir. She always enjoyed spending

time with her sisters. She and her sisters made it a priority to set aside time every summer to spend

with each other. She often shared many fond moments and memories of the times that they spent

together. Jo loved her immediate as well as her extended family and placed a priority on those

relationships.

When she moved to Yukon, OK to be near family, she became a member of Yukon Church. Although she

was unable to attend much of the time, she was proud to call it her church.

She was proceeded in death by her father and mother. Her husband of 72 years, her grandson Bryon

Williams, and 9 siblings.

She is survived by her daughter Donna Wallace and husband Charley of Chandler, OK, and son David

Williams of Snyder, OK. Her grandchildren, Kimberley Krueger, Dana James, Julie Woods, Lance

Garrison, David Williams, Jr, and Chase Williams. Many great grandchildren and several great-great

grandchildren.

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