Saturday, July 27, 2024
Melva Lynette Williamson, 65, of San Antonio, Texas died peacefully on July 19, 2024 after a 5 year battle with cancer. A memorial service will take place at Porter Loring Mortuary North on Saturday, July 27, 2024, at 3 p.m. Porter Loring is located at 2102 N. Loop 1604 E. in San Antonio. A reception will follow at the same location from 4-6 p.m.
Melva was born in Gatesville, Texas in 1958 to Melvin and Lorene Jacobs. Melva and her two sisters lived on a farm in Coryell City for the entirety of their childhood. She attended Gatesville schools, where she made lifelong friends. Melva grew up in the Lutheran faith. She was baptized, confirmed, and married at St. John Lutheran Church in Coryell City, a church she continued to support throughout her lifetime.
Melva married her high school sweetheart, Tommy Lynn Williamson, in June of 1977, and they began their life together in Gatesville. In 1981, they were blessed with their first daughter, Jessica, and in 1985, their family became complete with the birth of their second daughter, Kristen. They took several opportunities to follow Tommy’s career and lived in several cities across Texas until they made their final home in San Antonio in 1995.
Melva attended McClennan Community College following high school and worked as a secretary at the Guaranty Bank in Gatesville. She was blessed to be able to stay home with her girls for their elementary school years and then completed additional coursework to pursue her passion of working in the field of architecture, owning her own home staging business and becoming an interior designer.
Throughout her adult life, Melva served in her church community in many ways and supported both local and foreign mission work. Additional hobbies she enjoyed were crafting, gardening, working puzzles, and playing games with friends and family. She held a strong faith in God and embraced challenges with a positive mindset up until her last day.
Melva was preceded in death by her husband, Tommy Williamson, and her father, Melvin Jacobs. She is survived by daughters, Jessica Taylor and husband, Jeramie, and Kristen Kravitz and husband, Aaron; grandchildren, Jacob and Madelyn Taylor, and Jacob, Matthew, and Jaxon Kravitz; her mother, Lorene Jacobs; and sisters, Marla Kelsey and Mona Carter; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials can be made to support one of the following organizations:
St. John Lutheran Cemetery Association, 10801 FM 929 Gatesville, TX 76528
Fahrenheit Mentoring – specify the Portugal Team (Gerecke) on www.fahrenheitmentoring.org.
