Carolyn Dean "Cat" Williams

CAROLYN DEAN STINSON WILLIAMS APRIL 27, 1939-APRIL 21, 2023 CAROLYN STINSON WILLIAMS, 83, OF PENSACOLA, FLORIDA SUCCUMBED TO HER LONG BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMERS DISEASE ON APRIL 21, 2023. CAROLYN WAS BORN IN MONROE COUNTY, FRISCO CITY, ALABAMA, ON APRIL 27, 1939, THE FIFTH OF A FAMILY OF NINE CHILDREN TO CHESTER AND DOTTIE STINSON. THE FAMILY MOVED TO A 120 ACRE FARM IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY FLORIDA WHEN CAROLYN WAS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD. WHEN SHE TURNED SIX, SHE ATTENDED CHUMUCKLA SCHOOL. WHEN CAROLYN WAS IN THE TENTH GRADE HER FAMILY MOVED TO ODESSA, TEXAS WHERE SHE GRADUATED FROM ODESSA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1957. FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HER OLDER BROTHER, DON, SHE ATTENDED BERRY COLLEGE IN ROME, GEORGIA, AND GRADUATED FROM THERE IN 1961. SHE EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO PENSACOLA, FLORIDA WHERE MANY OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS LIVED AND WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED HER HUSBAND, TED WILLIAMS, WHO BLESSED HER WITH THREE GREAT STEP CHILDREN, TEDINNE, TERESA AND TODD. CAROLYN, FONDLY CALLED "CAT" WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HER LOVE OF NATURE, HER METICULUS CARE OF HER FLOWERS AND HER FLAIR FOR SOUTHERN COOKING! CAT WAS A"BON VIVANT" A LOVER OF LIFE, BLESSED WITH WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIPS AND FAMILY. FROM THE THEATRE TO MUSEUMS, TO AN OCCASIONAL TRIP TO BILOXI, CAT ALWAYS MANAGED TO SEIZE THE DAY! BUT WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER "CAT" FOR HER SELFLESS HEART, HER WIT, AND HER ADVENTROUS SPIRIT! AND MOST OF ALL, HER TOTAL DEVOTION TO TYLER, HER SON, WHO WAS HER TOWER OF STRENGTH DURING HER LONG BATTLE WITH ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. CAROLYN WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, TED WILLIAMS; HER MOTHER, DOTTIE BLACK STINSON; HER FATHER, CHESTER STINSON; HER BROTHER, WINSTON STINSON; HER OLDEST BROTHER, DONALD STINSON; HER SISTER-IN-LAW, GRACE STINSON; HER BROTHER-IN-LAW, BOBBY WAYNE NOLEN; AND HER BELOVED MELANIE. ALSO, HER NIECES, GINA JO STINSON AND PAULA ELLIOTT MARTINEZ; HER NEPHEWS, ZACK STINSON AND MARK JERNIGAN. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER SON, TYLER WILLIAMS; THREE STEP CHILDREN, TEDINNE, TERESA, AND TODD; SIX SURVIVING MEMBERS OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS, JOY SNYDER (ROSS), RAY STINSON (LINDA), KEN STINSON, DOROTHY NOLEN, SHIRLEY ELLIOTT (HOWARD), AND LARRY STINSON (ANN); HER SISTER-IN-LAW, JUDY STINSON; NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS AND COUSINS; HER DAD'S REMAINING SISTER, VERDIE STINSON WEAVER; HER DAD'S HALF SISTERS, MYRIAM FRANCIS AND LENORA; AND HIS HALF BROTHERS, BILLY EBB AND RANDALL. THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO THE HOSPICE TEAM WHO LOVINGLY CARED FOR CAT AND GAVE LOVING SUPPORT TO HER SON, TYLER. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT 11AM ON THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023 AT FAITH CHAPEL FUNERAL HOME NORTH.

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Carolyn Dean "Cat" Williams

April 27, 1939 - April 21, 2023