The story of his death is that Jackie wanted to talk to his best friend, Randolph. He drove to Randolph's home but he wasn't there. Jackie decided to park his car and take a nap while he waited. However, there was a bad exhaust leak in the car and Jackie passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning due to the faulty exhaust.
Obituary as posted in The Lindale News, December 10, 1981:
J.R. Williams
Services for Jackie Ray Williams, 34, Lindale, were scheduled at 2 p.m. Monday in Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home chapel in Lindale with Rev. Jerry Shipman officiating.
Burial was in Mineola City Cemetery.
Mr. Williams died Saturday.
Born in Wood County, he lived most of his life in the Lindale Area. He served in the U.S. Army. He worked as a welder of C.S.I. Compressor Systems of Tyler.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Williams, Lake Palestine; two sons, [snip] both of Lake Palestine; a daughter, Sara, Lake Palestine; his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Phillip Williams, Lindale; grandparent, Mrs. Mary Etta Johnson, Tyler; four brothers and a sister.
Randolph Stevens, Kurt Dunlap, Roy Slaton, James Neal, John Young, and John Boney were pallbearers.
The story of his death is that Jackie wanted to talk to his best friend, Randolph. He drove to Randolph's home but he wasn't there. Jackie decided to park his car and take a nap while he waited. However, there was a bad exhaust leak in the car and Jackie passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning due to the faulty exhaust.
Obituary as posted in The Lindale News, December 10, 1981:
J.R. Williams
Services for Jackie Ray Williams, 34, Lindale, were scheduled at 2 p.m. Monday in Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home chapel in Lindale with Rev. Jerry Shipman officiating.
Burial was in Mineola City Cemetery.
Mr. Williams died Saturday.
Born in Wood County, he lived most of his life in the Lindale Area. He served in the U.S. Army. He worked as a welder of C.S.I. Compressor Systems of Tyler.
Survivors include his wife, Linda Williams, Lake Palestine; two sons, [snip] both of Lake Palestine; a daughter, Sara, Lake Palestine; his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Phillip Williams, Lindale; grandparent, Mrs. Mary Etta Johnson, Tyler; four brothers and a sister.
Randolph Stevens, Kurt Dunlap, Roy Slaton, James Neal, John Young, and John Boney were pallbearers.
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