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1927

DIED

2025

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Shannon Rufe Snow Drive Funeral Chapel

6001 Rufe Snow Drive

Fort Worth, Texas

Betty Williamson Obituary

Betty Jane Williamson (McDonald) was born in Weston, Colorado on July 22, 1927. She passed away in the early hours of September 9, 2025.

Earlier in life, she graduated from Trinidad high school in Trinidad, Colorado and went on to earn a degree in Spanish from USC.

She married Lou Williamson in Trinidad on June 17, 1951. She later got certified as an RN at Saint Joseph School of Nursing in Fort Worth, Texas, after which she worked 20 years for the Fort Worth ISD as a school nurse.

She is survived by two of her three children, Gary Williamson and Lynette McCracken.

A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, September 15 at Shannon Funeral Home on Rufe Snow Drive. Visitation will begin an hour earlier at 2:00 p.m.

The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Proverbs12:10 Animal Advocacy / Rescue / Sanctuary (tinyurl.com/Prov1210animals).

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Star-Telegram from Sep. 11 to Sep. 14, 2025.

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15

Funeral service

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Shannon Rufe Snow Drive Funeral C

6001 Rufe Snow Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76148

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