John Douglas (Waco) Williams Jr. May 10, 1928~~ April 15, 2011 John D. (Waco) Williams went to be with his Lord, Sunday, April 15, 2012. A memorial service and celebration of Waco's life will be held 1 P.M. Saturday, April 28th, at the Valley Mills First Baptist Church under the direction of Foss Funeral Home. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be made to either the Valley Mills First Baptist Church or to the Clifton Lutheran Sunset Home. He was born in Pueblo, Texas, to John Douglas Williams Sr. and Edna (Fuller) Williams. He was the first of three sons and five sisters. His family soon moved to Moran, Texas where he was a star football player in high school and later received a scholarship to San Angelo Junior College. Like his Dad, he worked for many years for the MKT and Santa Fe Railroads. It was that job that took him to Sealy, Texas, where he met Peggy Lawson, his wife of 61 years. They were blessed with three sons, Terry, Dale, and Scott and a daughter Kelly. In 1956 they moved to Texas City, where he worked for Union Carbide for 36 years until he retirement to the Waco area in 1992. He was a member to Texas City Masonic Lodge and had been a member of the First Baptist Church in Texas City for 36 years. He currently was a member of the First Baptist Church in Valley Mills and John Gilliam's Men Bible Class. Waco was an avid fisherman, hunter and was widely known as a top bird dog trainer. He and his dogs and those he trained for others won many state and national field trials. His love of quail hunting made his many lifelong friends. Waco spent the last three plus years in the Hope Center of Lutheran Sunset Home of Clifton where he had many loving caregivers. Special thanks from all of the family go to Geneva Gee, Angie Arnetta, Geneva Perez, Guadalupe, Lisa, Judy and so many others including the Lutheran Sunset Hospice group the past several months. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Gene and Kenneth; four sisters, Lorene Williams, Ray Nell Brooks, Margie Chaney, Billie Cook and a beloved grandson, Cody Williams. He is survived by his wife Peggy, sons Terry and wife Sheri of Bremond, Dale and wife Barby of Waco, Scott of Waco; daughter, Kelly and husband Chris of McKinney, a sister Betty Cline and husband William of Clifton; grandchildren, Brandy Hull and husband Scott, Tara Stovall and husband J.D, Brady Williams and wife Kimberly, Brook Henry and husband Michael, Morgan Williams and Chase, Noah Haltiner; four great grandchildren, Hailey, Macy and Will Hull, Logan Henry, numerous nieces and nephews. We will all miss that special personality and sense of humor of Waco.