Mrs. Johnnie McWilliams

Mrs. Shirley Wooten Crawford, 77, of Henderson passed away from this life on Sunday, March 8, 2015. She was born September 10, 1937 in Panola County to the late Roscoe Zed and Shirley Raye (Bridges) Wooten. Shirley was a proud graduate of SFA where she received a bachelor’s and master’s degree and currently served on the SFA Alumni Foundation Board. She then went on to a career with the Texas A&M University System-Texas Cooperative Service and retired as a district extension director.
Shirley was well-known for her local civic participation, having served as executive director for United Way of Rusk County for nearly five years, first vice president of Henderson Lion’s Club and secretary for Keep Henderson Beautiful. She was a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Charles C. Davenport Chapter of Tyler and the United Daughters of the Confederacy Texas Division Mary Tyler Moore No. 217 of Tyler. Shirley was a member of First Baptist Church of Henderson and currently served as pianist for Saint Paul’s United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three husbands, Kenneth Milford, Joe A. Neel and David Crawford.
Survivors include her sister, Johnnie McWilliams and husband L.D. of Whitehouse; nephews, Lorenzo McWilliams and wife, Charlotte, of Austin and Aaron McWilliams and wife, Karen, of Allen; great-nieces, Olivia McWilliams, Ella McWilliams, Harper McWilliams and Lucy McWilliams; and great-nephews, Declan and Calvin McWilliams.