Wanda Carlene Williams Willis

Wanda Carlene Williams Willis, of Groesbeck, Texas, beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, and great aunt, passed away on July 23, 2025. Carlene was born in Conroe, Texas, on July 13, 1943, to Carlton Williams and Claudine Martin Williams.  
Carlene attended Conroe High School in Conroe, Texas, then attended Sam Houston State University receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in History and English.  After college, Carlene worked as an English teacher and eventually joined and retired from the US Government Forest Service. During her retirement, Carlene became an avid gardener and amateur genealogist, growing beautiful flowers and vegetables, feeding the many birds at her home, tracking families back over the generations, and spending time with her family and friends.  She was an active member, and held multiple offices, in the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Republic of Texas and United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Carlene is preceded in death by her parents, and grandparents William Edgar and Eula Matthews Williams and William Crockett and Lois Pressley Martin, younger sister Jackie P. Williams Sisco Cook, younger brother Martin C. Williams. 
Carlene is survived by her husband Archie P. Willis; her daughter Shauna Lynn Willis; her brother William E. Williams and his wife Cheryl; her nieces Kimberly Sisco, Holley Herzog, Ashleigh Williams, Katrina Williams and nephews Joshua Williams, Jacob Williams and grandnieces Madison Bynum, Addie Williams Thurman and Bella Williams Thurman and grandnephew Connor Bynum.
A Celebration of Life will be held at a future date. A family graveside will be held in her honor at County Line Cemetery, Coldspring Texas at a later date.