Robert Owen Williams

At an early age Bob moved with his mother, sister and brother to Cheyenne Wells, Colorado where he attended all twelve years of school, graduating in 1960. On Easter Sunday, 1953, Bob was baptized into Christ at the Christian Church in Cheyenne Wells.

On April 20, 1962, Robert Williams and Rita Rae Balman were united in marriage at First Methodist Church in Cheyenne Wells. To this union two children were born, Michael Troy and Robin Rae.

Bob was employed by the Harold Wales Fumigation Company in Cheyenne Wells before attending Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colorado where he received his Associate of Science degree. From La Junta, the Williams' moved to Weatherford, Oklahoma where Bob enrolled in the College of Pharmacy. He graduated as a Registered Pharmacist in 1970 from Southwestern State College.

From college in Weatherford, Bob moved to Burnet, Texas and worked as a pharmacist for several years. The family moved to Marble Falls, Texas where he owned and operated Williams Pharmacy for many years. While living in Marble Falls, Bob was president of the Chamber of Commerce and served as president of the Rotary Club.

On July 3, 1981, Bob was the victim of an automobile accident that left him a quadriplegic. He did several months rehab in Houston at the Texas Institute of Research and Rehabilitation and amazed family and friends alike by returning to his profession of pharmacy. He had been assured on many occasions that this would not be possible.

Bob worked as director of pharmacy at Sheppard Memorial Hospital in Burnet, TX from about 1985 to 1997, and then as a staff pharmacist at the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center in Eagle Pass, Texas from 1997 until his retirement in 2013. Following his retirement, he and Rita relocated to Georgetown, TX.

Bob is survived by his wife, Rita Williams of Georgetown, his son and daughter-in-law, Michael Troy and Linda Williams, three grandchildren, Michael Evan, Jeremy Scott and Erin Elizabeth Williams; his brother and sister-in-law, Mike and Marlene Williams; also brothers-and sisters-in-law, Jerry and Pat Balman, Don and Sandy Balman, Carolyn and Norman DeBusk, Stan Jamieson, Judy Balman, Janet Walker, and a host of other relatives and many friends. Bob was preceded in death by his daughter, Robin Rae Williams in 2006.

Funeral arrangements are managed by Clements-Wilcox of Burnet, TX (www.clementswilcoxburnet.com). In lieu of flowers, Bob requested donations be made in his name to any Salvation Army location. The memorial service is scheduled for 2:00pm Friday October 10, 2014 at Christ Redeemer Fellowship, 2001 Phillips Ranch Road, Granite Shoals, TX 78654 (http://christ-redeemer.org/wordpress/).