When it comes to writing a biography for Vicky, it is hard to put into words to describe the type of person she was. Her personality, her character, her morals & ethics, her love -- they knew no bounds.
She was more than just a date of birth and a date of death, though she did often lament that she'd had a less than desirable life and would leave this earth one day with nothing to show for everything she had once worked her behind off for. She believed herself to be invisible to everyone and forgotten, but I rather think she underestimated the grief that everyone she ever grew up with, had a relationship with or straight out loved with all her heart would go through.
Vicky was part of a large family. Her mother, Carolyn, and her biological father, Douglas E. Williams, had six children during the time they were married: Lawrence, Vicky, Debra, Dennis, Brian, and Becky. Vicky later on became a half-sister to the children of Douglas's second marriage, Jessica & Brianna. Being part of such a large family made her tough, but taught her to love to endless bounds. She often said to me, "I was given broad shoulders for a reason. You can lean on me." A few years after Carolyn & Douglas divorced, Carolyn remarried a man named Charles Martin. You'll note below that he is listed as her father, and so he was. I personally did not know him, having met him only a few times. However, I did have the utmost respect for the man who took on a woman with six children without a bat of the eye. He loved them all dearly and spoiled them all -- and that is what being a father should be all about.
Vicky spent most of her life working as a waitress or cook with either the Lakeview Truck Stop or the Williams Truck Stop (now the Pilot Travel Center), both located in Haubstadt, Indiana. She also worked at the Towne Motel in Evansville with her mother for many years before moviing to the Oakland City area. (She also lived in Haubstadt and Ft. Branch, Indiana for a time.) She worked at Ameriqual briefly before becoming injured while on the job. She moved on to being a group home caretaker for GCARC before her injury became too much for her to her work. She received disability in 2010. By that time, she had been living in Petersburg, Indiana for nearly a decade and lived there another ten years before moving to Elberfeld, Indiana at the end of 2015.
As far as relationships and marriages go, Vicky married Cecil Farmer when she was 17 years old. They divorced and then Vicky had a 12 year relationship with Melvin Pugh. They had a son together, Maxwell. She then married Earl Cox and had her youngest son, Ricky. She loved her sons more than her own life itself. She poured her heart and soul into making sure they were taken care of.
Outside of being a hard-working woman and a loving mother, Vicky's personality was one of a kind. She learned from an early age (mostly which she claimed resulted from her marriage to Cecil) not to take crap from anyone and to stand up for herself and others. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind, yet still had the kindest heart I've ever known anyone to have. She was witty, ornery, and sometimes dark and twisted. (We Williams' seem to have all of that in common. Yay, genetics!)
For a time, Vicky essentially lived on what I would call a small farm with her husband, Earl, and her children. They had their own cows, chickens, etc . She liked to tell me stories about slaughtering the cows and butchering the chickens. Sometimes stories about filleting fish would pop up, but I'd make her shut up on those...filleting fish just gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Though Vicky when was 22 when I was born, we never really knew each other. We knew the other existed, but we weren't brought together until Facebook in 2011. As she would say, "We became friends first, then sisters in the true sense of the word."
She had a soft spot for animals. Vicky had many pets throughout her life, but at the end her babies were her dogs, Harley & Odin, and cat named Harri. (Harri was named after Harry Potter because she has a gold lightning bolt on her forehead. ) Vicky enjoyed watching the shows she grew up on. Her favorite movie was The Boondock Saints. She was also a big fan of several vampires series including True Bloods and The Vampire Diaries. She enjoyed the Fast & Furious franchise as well. Once Disney+ was released, I would often "catch" her watching cartoons and a few of the old classics such as Bambi & Beauty and the Beast. She enjoyed reading and relaxing with a coloring app on her cell phone. At the last count she told me about, she had colored over 1,000 images. That takes more patience than I could ever have - also a testament to her character. One thing, however, was that if she did lose her patience on you, you knew it was for a reason. Everything she said or did had a purpose, and she'll always be remembered as being the best mother, sister, and aunt any of us could have asked for.
She was more than just a date of birth and a date of death, though she did often lament that she'd had a less than desirable life and would leave this earth one day with nothing to show for everything she had once worked her behind off for. She believed herself to be invisible to everyone and forgotten, but I rather think she underestimated the grief that everyone she ever grew up with, had a relationship with or straight out loved with all her heart would go through.
Vicky was part of a large family. Her mother, Carolyn, and her biological father, Douglas E. Williams, had six children during the time they were married: Lawrence, Vicky, Debra, Dennis, Brian, and Becky. Vicky later on became a half-sister to the children of Douglas's second marriage, Jessica & Brianna. Being part of such a large family made her tough, but taught her to love to endless bounds. She often said to me, "I was given broad shoulders for a reason. You can lean on me." A few years after Carolyn & Douglas divorced, Carolyn remarried a man named Charles Martin. You'll note below that he is listed as her father, and so he was. I personally did not know him, having met him only a few times. However, I did have the utmost respect for the man who took on a woman with six children without a bat of the eye. He loved them all dearly and spoiled them all -- and that is what being a father should be all about.
Vicky spent most of her life working as a waitress or cook with either the Lakeview Truck Stop or the Williams Truck Stop (now the Pilot Travel Center), both located in Haubstadt, Indiana. She also worked at the Towne Motel in Evansville with her mother for many years before moviing to the Oakland City area. (She also lived in Haubstadt and Ft. Branch, Indiana for a time.) She worked at Ameriqual briefly before becoming injured while on the job. She moved on to being a group home caretaker for GCARC before her injury became too much for her to her work. She received disability in 2010. By that time, she had been living in Petersburg, Indiana for nearly a decade and lived there another ten years before moving to Elberfeld, Indiana at the end of 2015.
As far as relationships and marriages go, Vicky married Cecil Farmer when she was 17 years old. They divorced and then Vicky had a 12 year relationship with Melvin Pugh. They had a son together, Maxwell. She then married Earl Cox and had her youngest son, Ricky. She loved her sons more than her own life itself. She poured her heart and soul into making sure they were taken care of.
Outside of being a hard-working woman and a loving mother, Vicky's personality was one of a kind. She learned from an early age (mostly which she claimed resulted from her marriage to Cecil) not to take crap from anyone and to stand up for herself and others. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind, yet still had the kindest heart I've ever known anyone to have. She was witty, ornery, and sometimes dark and twisted. (We Williams' seem to have all of that in common. Yay, genetics!)
For a time, Vicky essentially lived on what I would call a small farm with her husband, Earl, and her children. They had their own cows, chickens, etc . She liked to tell me stories about slaughtering the cows and butchering the chickens. Sometimes stories about filleting fish would pop up, but I'd make her shut up on those...filleting fish just gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Though Vicky when was 22 when I was born, we never really knew each other. We knew the other existed, but we weren't brought together until Facebook in 2011. As she would say, "We became friends first, then sisters in the true sense of the word."
She had a soft spot for animals. Vicky had many pets throughout her life, but at the end her babies were her dogs, Harley & Odin, and cat named Harri. (Harri was named after Harry Potter because she has a gold lightning bolt on her forehead. ) Vicky enjoyed watching the shows she grew up on. Her favorite movie was The Boondock Saints. She was also a big fan of several vampires series including True Bloods and The Vampire Diaries. She enjoyed the Fast & Furious franchise as well. Once Disney+ was released, I would often "catch" her watching cartoons and a few of the old classics such as Bambi & Beauty and the Beast. She enjoyed reading and relaxing with a coloring app on her cell phone. At the last count she told me about, she had colored over 1,000 images. That takes more patience than I could ever have - also a testament to her character. One thing, however, was that if she did lose her patience on you, you knew it was for a reason. Everything she said or did had a purpose, and she'll always be remembered as being the best mother, sister, and aunt any of us could have asked for.
When it comes to writing a biography for Vicky, it is hard to put into words to describe the type of person she was. Her personality, her character, her morals & ethics, her love -- they knew no bounds.
She was more than just a date of birth and a date of death, though she did often lament that she'd had a less than desirable life and would leave this earth one day with nothing to show for everything she had once worked her behind off for. She believed herself to be invisible to everyone and forgotten, but I rather think she underestimated the grief that everyone she ever grew up with, had a relationship with or straight out loved with all her heart would go through.
Vicky was part of a large family. Her mother, Carolyn, and her biological father, Douglas E. Williams, had six children during the time they were married: Lawrence, Vicky, Debra, Dennis, Brian, and Becky. Vicky later on became a half-sister to the children of Douglas's second marriage, Jessica & Brianna. Being part of such a large family made her tough, but taught her to love to endless bounds. She often said to me, "I was given broad shoulders for a reason. You can lean on me." A few years after Carolyn & Douglas divorced, Carolyn remarried a man named Charles Martin. You'll note below that he is listed as her father, and so he was. I personally did not know him, having met him only a few times. However, I did have the utmost respect for the man who took on a woman with six children without a bat of the eye. He loved them all dearly and spoiled them all -- and that is what being a father should be all about.
Vicky spent most of her life working as a waitress or cook with either the Lakeview Truck Stop or the Williams Truck Stop (now the Pilot Travel Center), both located in Haubstadt, Indiana. She also worked at the Towne Motel in Evansville with her mother for many years before moviing to the Oakland City area. (She also lived in Haubstadt and Ft. Branch, Indiana for a time.) She worked at Ameriqual briefly before becoming injured while on the job. She moved on to being a group home caretaker for GCARC before her injury became too much for her to her work. She received disability in 2010. By that time, she had been living in Petersburg, Indiana for nearly a decade and lived there another ten years before moving to Elberfeld, Indiana at the end of 2015.
As far as relationships and marriages go, Vicky married Cecil Farmer when she was 17 years old. They divorced and then Vicky had a 12 year relationship with Melvin Pugh. They had a son together, Maxwell. She then married Earl Cox and had her youngest son, Ricky. She loved her sons more than her own life itself. She poured her heart and soul into making sure they were taken care of.
Outside of being a hard-working woman and a loving mother, Vicky's personality was one of a kind. She learned from an early age (mostly which she claimed resulted from her marriage to Cecil) not to take crap from anyone and to stand up for herself and others. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind, yet still had the kindest heart I've ever known anyone to have. She was witty, ornery, and sometimes dark and twisted. (We Williams' seem to have all of that in common. Yay, genetics!)
For a time, Vicky essentially lived on what I would call a small farm with her husband, Earl, and her children. They had their own cows, chickens, etc . She liked to tell me stories about slaughtering the cows and butchering the chickens. Sometimes stories about filleting fish would pop up, but I'd make her shut up on those...filleting fish just gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Though Vicky when was 22 when I was born, we never really knew each other. We knew the other existed, but we weren't brought together until Facebook in 2011. As she would say, "We became friends first, then sisters in the true sense of the word."
She had a soft spot for animals. Vicky had many pets throughout her life, but at the end her babies were her dogs, Harley & Odin, and cat named Harri. (Harri was named after Harry Potter because she has a gold lightning bolt on her forehead. ) Vicky enjoyed watching the shows she grew up on. Her favorite movie was The Boondock Saints. She was also a big fan of several vampires series including True Bloods and The Vampire Diaries. She enjoyed the Fast & Furious franchise as well. Once Disney+ was released, I would often "catch" her watching cartoons and a few of the old classics such as Bambi & Beauty and the Beast. She enjoyed reading and relaxing with a coloring app on her cell phone. At the last count she told me about, she had colored over 1,000 images. That takes more patience than I could ever have - also a testament to her character. One thing, however, was that if she did lose her patience on you, you knew it was for a reason. Everything she said or did had a purpose, and she'll always be remembered as being the best mother, sister, and aunt any of us could have asked for.
She was more than just a date of birth and a date of death, though she did often lament that she'd had a less than desirable life and would leave this earth one day with nothing to show for everything she had once worked her behind off for. She believed herself to be invisible to everyone and forgotten, but I rather think she underestimated the grief that everyone she ever grew up with, had a relationship with or straight out loved with all her heart would go through.
Vicky was part of a large family. Her mother, Carolyn, and her biological father, Douglas E. Williams, had six children during the time they were married: Lawrence, Vicky, Debra, Dennis, Brian, and Becky. Vicky later on became a half-sister to the children of Douglas's second marriage, Jessica & Brianna. Being part of such a large family made her tough, but taught her to love to endless bounds. She often said to me, "I was given broad shoulders for a reason. You can lean on me." A few years after Carolyn & Douglas divorced, Carolyn remarried a man named Charles Martin. You'll note below that he is listed as her father, and so he was. I personally did not know him, having met him only a few times. However, I did have the utmost respect for the man who took on a woman with six children without a bat of the eye. He loved them all dearly and spoiled them all -- and that is what being a father should be all about.
Vicky spent most of her life working as a waitress or cook with either the Lakeview Truck Stop or the Williams Truck Stop (now the Pilot Travel Center), both located in Haubstadt, Indiana. She also worked at the Towne Motel in Evansville with her mother for many years before moviing to the Oakland City area. (She also lived in Haubstadt and Ft. Branch, Indiana for a time.) She worked at Ameriqual briefly before becoming injured while on the job. She moved on to being a group home caretaker for GCARC before her injury became too much for her to her work. She received disability in 2010. By that time, she had been living in Petersburg, Indiana for nearly a decade and lived there another ten years before moving to Elberfeld, Indiana at the end of 2015.
As far as relationships and marriages go, Vicky married Cecil Farmer when she was 17 years old. They divorced and then Vicky had a 12 year relationship with Melvin Pugh. They had a son together, Maxwell. She then married Earl Cox and had her youngest son, Ricky. She loved her sons more than her own life itself. She poured her heart and soul into making sure they were taken care of.
Outside of being a hard-working woman and a loving mother, Vicky's personality was one of a kind. She learned from an early age (mostly which she claimed resulted from her marriage to Cecil) not to take crap from anyone and to stand up for herself and others. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind, yet still had the kindest heart I've ever known anyone to have. She was witty, ornery, and sometimes dark and twisted. (We Williams' seem to have all of that in common. Yay, genetics!)
For a time, Vicky essentially lived on what I would call a small farm with her husband, Earl, and her children. They had their own cows, chickens, etc . She liked to tell me stories about slaughtering the cows and butchering the chickens. Sometimes stories about filleting fish would pop up, but I'd make her shut up on those...filleting fish just gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Though Vicky when was 22 when I was born, we never really knew each other. We knew the other existed, but we weren't brought together until Facebook in 2011. As she would say, "We became friends first, then sisters in the true sense of the word."
She had a soft spot for animals. Vicky had many pets throughout her life, but at the end her babies were her dogs, Harley & Odin, and cat named Harri. (Harri was named after Harry Potter because she has a gold lightning bolt on her forehead. ) Vicky enjoyed watching the shows she grew up on. Her favorite movie was The Boondock Saints. She was also a big fan of several vampires series including True Bloods and The Vampire Diaries. She enjoyed the Fast & Furious franchise as well. Once Disney+ was released, I would often "catch" her watching cartoons and a few of the old classics such as Bambi & Beauty and the Beast. She enjoyed reading and relaxing with a coloring app on her cell phone. At the last count she told me about, she had colored over 1,000 images. That takes more patience than I could ever have - also a testament to her character. One thing, however, was that if she did lose her patience on you, you knew it was for a reason. Everything she said or did had a purpose, and she'll always be remembered as being the best mother, sister, and aunt any of us could have asked for.
Gravesite Details
Link to Vicky's biological father: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28200033/douglas-edwin-williams
