Toni Kirklin Williamson

Graveside services for Toni Kirklin Williamson, 70, of Tyler are scheduled for 10:00 A.M., Thursday, June 30, 2011 at Rose Hill Cemetery with Father Robert DeWolfe officiating under the direction of Lloyd James Funeral Home.

Mrs. Williamson passed away on Monday, June 27, 2011 in Whitehouse from a long, hard battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

She was born on January 6, 1941 in Little Rock, AR. to the late Dan and Norma Jean Dalhoff Kirklin.

She graduated from N. Little Rock High School in 1959 and attended college at the University of Arkansas. She took employment in San Antonio in the middle sixties and then was hired by Braniff International as a flight attendant in 1967 and worked there until 1982. Her favorite trip was the Honolulu run on the Big Orange.

Toni loved her black labs; Pepper, Dutchess, and Molly and they loved her. She also loved her golf and the many friends she had on the course.

Toni married Russell Williamson in 1975 and lived in Carrollton, Athens and Tyler.

She is survived by her husband; Russell of Tyler, sister; Dana of Dallas, nephew; Kirk of Fort Worth and a niece of Dallas.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Wednesday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75701.