April 26, 1937 – Dec. 29, 2024
Funeral services for Donald Earl Williams, 87, of Springdale, Ark., were held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, at Glorious Grace Fellowship Church in Little Flock, Ark. Burial was at Friendship Cemetery in Springdale under the direction of Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home.
Mr. Williams was born on April 26, 1937, in Oklahoma City to Earl Williams and Dorothy (Blankenship) Williams. He died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, in Sallisaw.
Survivors include his wife, JoAnna (Drymon) Williams of the home; daughter, Dawn M. (Williams) Smith of Bella Vista, Ark.; two sons, John B. Williams and Shannon Keck of Rogers, Ark., and Thomas C. Williams and Johnna of Bella Vista, Ark.; two sisters, Marquita S. Whitaker and Mary Kathryn “Kathy” Neal; brother, Danny M. Williams; six grandchildren; and other family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Bertha; and one sister, Rose M. Willett.
Pallbearers were Thomas Williams, John Williams, Cameron Williams, Levi Williams, Nicholas Williams and Rory Dent.
