Sarah Ola Puckett was the fourth child of Sam Houston Puckett and Salina Louella Hood Puckett. For some reason, she intensely disliked the name "Sarah" and changed the order of her name to "Ola Sarah" and rarely acknowledged that she even had a middle name. Her gravestone and many records show her birth as 1907, but others show 1906. It is believed she may have fudged the date so that she would only be a few months older than her husband instead of a year.
As a little girl, Ola was playing with her older brothers and sister in the barn and fell from the second level of the barn and badly damaged her leg. With the lack of medical help and a reluctance on the part of her parents to take her for medical help, she ended up on crutches and faced many surgeries through her life and had an "old crippled leg" (as she called it) and a limp all of her life. It never dampened her spirits and most everyone that knew her recalls her laugh and her jolly outlook.
On January 6, 1927, she and Andrew Lee Williams married. They had met on the steps of the Baptist church in Drasco, Texas.
She was the mother of Durward Ray Williams and Zola O'Leta Williams.
She and her family lived near Winters, Texas, and then moved to Howard County, Texas, near Luther, north of Big Spring. There were several moves around west Texas, but in the 1940s the family lived in a large house on a hill overlooking Big Spring, Texas. Ola rented rooms to young men and would cook large meals for her boarders. She continued friendships with the men and their families until the day she died. She never met a stranger and continued friendships with people she met in bus stations and stores.
When both of her children and their spouses had settled in Amarillo, Texas, she and Andy moved to Amarillo as well. They lived in town and then between Amarillo and Canyon. Andy died in 1973 and she continued in her retirement tending to her "flowers" (as she called all of her plants) and crocheting and embroidering while watching television (Johnny Carson was a favorite). In 1987, she moved to Austin to be near her daughter, living in a condo for many years. Eventually she moved to assisted living and then a nursing home. Though she was bedfast, she continued to have a sweet spirit and loved visits. She died in the hospital in Round Rock February 17, 2005.
As a little girl, Ola was playing with her older brothers and sister in the barn and fell from the second level of the barn and badly damaged her leg. With the lack of medical help and a reluctance on the part of her parents to take her for medical help, she ended up on crutches and faced many surgeries through her life and had an "old crippled leg" (as she called it) and a limp all of her life. It never dampened her spirits and most everyone that knew her recalls her laugh and her jolly outlook.
On January 6, 1927, she and Andrew Lee Williams married. They had met on the steps of the Baptist church in Drasco, Texas.
She was the mother of Durward Ray Williams and Zola O'Leta Williams.
She and her family lived near Winters, Texas, and then moved to Howard County, Texas, near Luther, north of Big Spring. There were several moves around west Texas, but in the 1940s the family lived in a large house on a hill overlooking Big Spring, Texas. Ola rented rooms to young men and would cook large meals for her boarders. She continued friendships with the men and their families until the day she died. She never met a stranger and continued friendships with people she met in bus stations and stores.
When both of her children and their spouses had settled in Amarillo, Texas, she and Andy moved to Amarillo as well. They lived in town and then between Amarillo and Canyon. Andy died in 1973 and she continued in her retirement tending to her "flowers" (as she called all of her plants) and crocheting and embroidering while watching television (Johnny Carson was a favorite). In 1987, she moved to Austin to be near her daughter, living in a condo for many years. Eventually she moved to assisted living and then a nursing home. Though she was bedfast, she continued to have a sweet spirit and loved visits. She died in the hospital in Round Rock February 17, 2005.
Sarah Ola Puckett was the fourth child of Sam Houston Puckett and Salina Louella Hood Puckett. For some reason, she intensely disliked the name "Sarah" and changed the order of her name to "Ola Sarah" and rarely acknowledged that she even had a middle name. Her gravestone and many records show her birth as 1907, but others show 1906. It is believed she may have fudged the date so that she would only be a few months older than her husband instead of a year.
As a little girl, Ola was playing with her older brothers and sister in the barn and fell from the second level of the barn and badly damaged her leg. With the lack of medical help and a reluctance on the part of her parents to take her for medical help, she ended up on crutches and faced many surgeries through her life and had an "old crippled leg" (as she called it) and a limp all of her life. It never dampened her spirits and most everyone that knew her recalls her laugh and her jolly outlook.
On January 6, 1927, she and Andrew Lee Williams married. They had met on the steps of the Baptist church in Drasco, Texas.
She was the mother of Durward Ray Williams and Zola O'Leta Williams.
She and her family lived near Winters, Texas, and then moved to Howard County, Texas, near Luther, north of Big Spring. There were several moves around west Texas, but in the 1940s the family lived in a large house on a hill overlooking Big Spring, Texas. Ola rented rooms to young men and would cook large meals for her boarders. She continued friendships with the men and their families until the day she died. She never met a stranger and continued friendships with people she met in bus stations and stores.
When both of her children and their spouses had settled in Amarillo, Texas, she and Andy moved to Amarillo as well. They lived in town and then between Amarillo and Canyon. Andy died in 1973 and she continued in her retirement tending to her "flowers" (as she called all of her plants) and crocheting and embroidering while watching television (Johnny Carson was a favorite). In 1987, she moved to Austin to be near her daughter, living in a condo for many years. Eventually she moved to assisted living and then a nursing home. Though she was bedfast, she continued to have a sweet spirit and loved visits. She died in the hospital in Round Rock February 17, 2005.
As a little girl, Ola was playing with her older brothers and sister in the barn and fell from the second level of the barn and badly damaged her leg. With the lack of medical help and a reluctance on the part of her parents to take her for medical help, she ended up on crutches and faced many surgeries through her life and had an "old crippled leg" (as she called it) and a limp all of her life. It never dampened her spirits and most everyone that knew her recalls her laugh and her jolly outlook.
On January 6, 1927, she and Andrew Lee Williams married. They had met on the steps of the Baptist church in Drasco, Texas.
She was the mother of Durward Ray Williams and Zola O'Leta Williams.
She and her family lived near Winters, Texas, and then moved to Howard County, Texas, near Luther, north of Big Spring. There were several moves around west Texas, but in the 1940s the family lived in a large house on a hill overlooking Big Spring, Texas. Ola rented rooms to young men and would cook large meals for her boarders. She continued friendships with the men and their families until the day she died. She never met a stranger and continued friendships with people she met in bus stations and stores.
When both of her children and their spouses had settled in Amarillo, Texas, she and Andy moved to Amarillo as well. They lived in town and then between Amarillo and Canyon. Andy died in 1973 and she continued in her retirement tending to her "flowers" (as she called all of her plants) and crocheting and embroidering while watching television (Johnny Carson was a favorite). In 1987, she moved to Austin to be near her daughter, living in a condo for many years. Eventually she moved to assisted living and then a nursing home. Though she was bedfast, she continued to have a sweet spirit and loved visits. She died in the hospital in Round Rock February 17, 2005.
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