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 1933 - 2012 (79 years)
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| Name |
Dorothy Joann Williams |
| Birth |
24 Feb 1933 |
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Cremated |
Arizona [1] |
| Death |
19 Jul 2012 |
Truth or Consequences, Sierra County, New Mexico [1] |
| Person ID |
I7895 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
8 Dec 2013 |
| Father |
Calvin Adam Williams, b. 18 May 1908, Paul's Valley,Garvin Co.,OK d. 12 Apr 1974, Marlow,Stephens Co.,OK (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Viola Johnnie Williamson, b. 12 Oct 1911, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma d. 31 Jan 1970, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Sep 1928 |
Bethel Methodist Church, Lawton, Comanche Co., OK [2, 3, 4] |
| Family ID |
F2962 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Las Cruces (NM) Sun-News, July 26, 2012
Dorothy J. Matkin, 79, a resident of Truth or Consequences, N.M., died July 19, 2012. She was born on Feb. 24, 1933 in Lawton, Okla. to Calvin and Viola (Williamson) Williams.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Madeline Flores; daughter, Lessia Newcomer; sons - Vincent Matkin and John Matkin. She is also survived by grandchildren - Shane Newcomer, Robert Flores and Kyler Conant; and by her brother, James Williams and his wife, Grace.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Harvey Matkin; her parents, Calvin and Viola Williams; and by three sisters, Edna, Bobbie, and Patsy.
Dorothy's family would like to extend their appreciation and gratitude to John Tenorio and his family, for their love and care of Dorothy over the last few years.
Cremation will take place and a memorial celebration service will be held Thursday, July 26, 2012, at 10 a.m. at the Kirikos Family Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dudley Bristow officiating.
Arrangements are by Kirikos Family Funeral Home, Inc. & Sierra Crematory, LLC, 303 N. Cedar St., T. or C., NM 87901. (575) 894-2574. For online condolences go to www.kirikosfamilyfuneralhome.com.
Dorothy was cremated after 19 Jul 2012 in Arizona, United States.
I am uncertain about order of Dorothy's marriages and the fathers of her children. Much confussion among assorted family members and Dorothy's siblings, with none of responses matching the others. A few years (mid 1990's) ago Dorothy Williams Matkin attended a Keller family reunion at Shorty Keller's house at Tom Bean in Fannin Co., TX. During the course of her stay in Grayson and Fannin Counties, Texas, Dorothy also visited with other Hennessee and Keller relatives living in the area. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but Dorothy and those assorted family members got into a "huff" over a computer software issue and some problems involving her RV. She left very unhappy; family members in the area were not exactly thrilled when her name came up. Little could be learned about Dorothy or where to find her - not even from Shorty and his wife, who are highly regarded by others. Dorothy has an extensive genealogy database. I'm told some of her research differs from family history I've been given orally and via emails, etc. I'd very much like to speak with her and compare her records to my database. rahw Nov. 11, 1998.
In 2002 I spoke with Dorothy. As soon as I explained who I was she quickly informed me that she did not want to have anything to do with "anyone who had communicated with the family members in Texas." After explaining (at length) that in the 1990's I was in Virginia and not Texas and that I had not attended the "reunion" in Grayson Co., TX, she relunctantly began to discuss Keller-Sturdivant - Hennessee-Williamson family genealogy with me. She had not known that G.W. Keller was a galvanized soldier. She was very much interested in the CSA/Union Navy records I've found at the National Archives. She was also interested in the records that Shorty Keller's daughter had shared with me ref. Julia Sturdivant Keller's application for Cherokee lands. It was then that she "opened" up and began to discuss the Hennessee-Williamson families with me. She had very STRONG feelings, thoughts and an interesting perspective about the the relationship between Shorty Thompson and Julia Hannah Williamson. [1]
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