Cecil Gail Williams

Cecil Gail Felts was born in Kilmichael, Mississippi on March 11, 1937 to Louie and Cecil Gail Felts. She registered for Heaven at 10 when she first heard the message of salvation in Christ, and her life was changed! She attended Mississippi Baptist College where God provided for her every need. With a teaching degree, Gail’s first job was fourth grade in Biloxi, Mississippi. One year later, she met and married J.N. Williams and they had 3 children. Devoting herself to the Lord Jesus Christ home and family became the focus of her life. Gail is preceded in death by brothers Paul, Ralph and Jimmy, and beloved granddaughter Lauren Williams. She is survived by her devoted husband J.N. Williams; her children: Jeffrey (Jan), Steve (Karen), and Melissa Helm (Rodney); and her grandchildren: Erin, Anna, Joshua, Joah, Nathan, Jess, Sara, Audrey, Judson, Gracen, and Caroline. She is also survived by six great-grandchildren - Elijah, Ezra, Josiah, Ford, Levi and another baby boy soon to arrive - as well as her brother Leon Felts and sister Lorita Gay. Since Gail’s first prayer was answered a few days after she became a believer, she has sought to know God better because she believed the Bible was God’s Word and her life opened to His promises. She would be the first to admit sin was an ever-appealing factor, and even more tempting when she failed to acknowledge her stubborn willfulness. She tried to live her way and reaped the consequences. God never gave up on her, and her commitment to “delight in God and He will give you the desires of your heart,” Psalm 37:4, showed her how much God wanted to and did change her desires to match His. Gail wants others to consider God’s amazing Character and Grace. To accept John 17:3, “And this is Eternal Life, that they may know Thee, the only True God and Jesus Christ Whom Thou hast sent.” Also, to continually test that knowledge by John 4:8, “The one who does not love does not know God, for God is Love.” Her greatest desire as she reared her children, served in church, led bible studies, and went on mission trips was to “lift up the cross of the Lord Jesus, knowing many would come to Him”. In lieu of flowers, her family requests memorial contributions may be made in Gail’s honor to Common Good Medical at: https://commongoodmedical.org/donate/ ,an organization close to the family’s heart. Memorial services for Gail will be held Friday, June 27th, 4pm at Cottonwood Creek Church, 1015 Sam Rayburn Tollway, Allen, TX 75013-5620.

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Cecil Gail Williams

March 11, 1937 - June 7, 2025