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Waneeta Cleo Morris Willison

COPPERAS COVE – Waneeta Cleo Morris Willison went to be with the Lord Nov. 14, 2009, in Lampassas.

Graveside services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the Antlers City Cemetery in Antlers, Okla. Visitation was held Monday at Moore’s Funeral Home of Arlington.

She was born March 30, 1919, in Bedford, to the union of Henry C. Morris Sr. and Elsie Velma Barr Morris. She married Coy Willison July 3, 1945, in Denton. He preceded her in death Jan. 19, 1992. She had worked many years at the Tastee Freeze in Antlers and at one time was part owner of the Tastee Freeze in Hugo. She enjoyed quilting, raising her peacocks and doing ceramics. She was an active member of the Nazarene Church in Antlers until her health prevented her activities the past several years. She, Coy and their two children moved eight miles south of Antlers in 1960 onto the Willison property. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister, and was loved by all.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Coy Willison; Albert Randall, who was the father of her three older children; sons, Tommy Randall and Charles Randall; sisters, Lorena Seay, Dortha Briggs, Corrine Senyard and Nancy Cornell; brother, Henry C. Morris Jr.; grandchildren, Robert Spinney and Roberta Spinney; and great-grandson, Dustin Seelye; her father and mother in-law, Dudley and Donnie Waugh Willison.

She is survived by daughters, Rena Frances Randall Spinney and husband, L. T. Mick, of Kempner, Donna Joy Willison Head and husband, Wayne, of Hugo, Okla.; son, Ronald Coy Willison of Antlers, Okla.; brothers, Kenneth Morris of Uvalde and Jimmy Morris of Brownwood; grandchildren, Keith Spinney, Rene’ Spinney Houchin, Dana Spinney, Glenn Spinney, Chock Randall, Marty Randall, Ashley Randall Mitchell, Tony Randall, Rena Randall Seelye and Tommy Randall Jr., all of Texas; grandchildren, Ronald Coy Willison II of Paris, Saxton Willison of Bell, Ark., Chad Willison of Paris; and step-granddaughter, Rachell Head Winham of Colbert, Okla. She is also survived by 25 great-grandchildren; one step-great-grandson; and six great-great-grandchildren; a special friend, Dorothy Bersuch of Antlers; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Tony Randall, Marty Randall, Dana Spinney, Chad Willison, Ronnie Willison II, Saxton Willison and Glenn Spinney.

Arrangements are entrusted to Sheppard Funeral Home, Copperas Cove.

For online condolences, visit www.sheppardfuneralhome.com.

Published November 17, 2009


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