Brenda Williams

Brenda Erana (Farley) Williams, 74, of Itasca passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Sunday, March 31, 2019. Visitation and remembrance will be held Wednesday, April 3, 2019, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors located in Hillsboro, TX. Her funeral service will be held Thursday, April 4, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel located at 2495 Corsicana Highway, with Mr. Buddy Fry officiating. Burial will follow at the Family Cemetery.

Brenda was born July 27, 1944, in Wanette, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jesse and Joe L. Farley, Sr., and sister to Eddie and J.L. Farley. On April 2, 1962, Brenda was united in marriage to Odie Carl Williams, Jr., her loving husband of fifty-seven years. Soon after they married, they moved to Fort Worth and then settled down in Itasca to raise their two daughters, Kimla (Williams) Cordell and Janette (Williams) Costa.

Brenda became the manager of the Itasca Dairy Queen in 1978 and retired as the area supervisor in 1993. Later in life, Brenda worked for Clayton Kay-Vaughn Funeral Home, where her warmth and compassion brought comfort to those who met her.

She was a first-rate hostess, whose cooking made her family flock to the kitchen to share loud laughs and treasured memories around the dinner table. She cherished being a Nana to her four grandchildren, Ryan, Sarah, Dylan, and Garrett, and a Great Nana to Callie, Charlotte, and Wyatt. Her family and friends will remember her for her self-sacrificing love and her ability to make anyone, friend or stranger, feel welcome and understood. She was loved by many and will be greatly missed.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Jesse and Joe L. Farley, Sr., of Shawnee, Oklahoma.

She is survived by her husband, Odie Carl Williams, Jr., of Itasca, TX; her brothers, Eddie Farley and his wife, Joy, of Bethany, Oklahoma and J.L. Farley, Jr. and his wife, Judy, of El Reno, Oklahoma; her two daughters, Kimla and her husband, James Fred Cordell, II, of Hillsboro and Janette and her husband, Brian Costa, of Flower Mound; her four grandchildren; her three great-grandchildren; and her nieces and nephews.

Viewing and Visitation

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ,Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro
2495 Corsicana Highway Hillsboro, TX 76645

Funeral Service

2:00 PM ,Thursday, April 4, 2019
Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro
2495 Corsicana Highway Hillsboro, TX 76645

Burial

Thursday, April 4, 2019
Family Cemetery