Clyde B. Williams, 92, of Big Spring, died on Tuesday, May 7, 2002, in a local nursing home. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Friday, May 10, 2002, at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Rev. Herb McPherson, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. He will be assisted by Rev. Jesse McElreath, pastor of Lake Country Church, Ft. Worth. Entombment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park Mausoleum. Mr. Williams was born on April 24, 1910 in Nimrod, Eastland County, Texas and grew up on a farm in the Nimrod Community. In 1933, he met his future wife, Ruth Croft, at a tent revival in the Cook Community. After dating for two years, they married on May 18, 1935 at Ranger, Texas and were 10 days short of celebrating their 67th anniversary. They lived in Ranger and Cisco and hitchhiked to Grandfalls, where Mr. Williams worked in a service station. During these years their two daughters were born. They made their home in Grandfalls until moving to Wicket in 1947 where Mr. Williams worked in the oilfield until 1948, when they transferred him to Wink. He was a pumper for Gibbons & Heasley Oil Company. In November 1949, the family moved to Big Spring, where he went to work for Welch Auto Supply until 1952. He then went to work for Big Spring Truck Terminal where he worked until retiring in 1984. After retirement, Mr. Williams did volunteer work at hospitals and Meals on Wheels, where he had volunteered for 2 years. He played tambourine and sang solos, duets and quartets with the Hot Potato Band for 13 years. Mr. Williams was a devoted Christian and loved his church, Calvary Baptist, where he served as a deacon from 1977 to the present. He was a loving husband and father. He adored his wife and always told her she was the most beautiful woman alive. When she would walk into the care center he would say,
