Vivian Leona (Buttram) Williamson

Funeral for Vivian L. Williamson will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, August 22, 2016 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dean Thompson, Pastor, Brockland Free Will Baptist Church officiating.

Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Friends may view from 8am – 9pm Saturday and Sunday.  The family will greet friends from 2-4 pm Sunday at the funeral home.

Vivian L. Williamson, age 90, died Thursday, August 18, 2016 after battling Alzheimer's disease.  Vivian was born January 20, 1926 in Haskell County, Oklahoma to Watie and Rhoda (Arnold) Buttram.  She married Neil on July 18, 1942 in Keota, Oklahoma.  Their marriage was officiated by her grandfather, Tom Arnold.  Neil and Vivian were married 71 years.  They lived in Stigler, Oklahoma, where they farmed before moving to Lawton in 1950.

Vivian was a loving, dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.  She worked as a seamstress from home while her girls were young.  She went to work outside the home at Rainbow Photo until the business moved.  Later she worked as manager of the jewelry department at Kmart until retirement.  She enjoyed working and meeting people.  After retirement Neil and Vivian loved to travel and visit family and friends. She was a lifelong member of over fifty years at the First Free Will Baptist Church, 24th & Cornell, Lawton.

Survivors include daughters, Sherry Browning and husband Rex and Brenda Barrett; five granddaughters, Kari and husband Dana Michaels, Tammy Smith and husband David, Angie Moore and husband Mark, Crissy Bolejack and husband Jason, Kathy Liticker and husband Kevin; grandson, Todd Browning and wife Tori; several great grandchildren; one brother, Loal Buttram and wife Madell; sisters, Martha Langford and Reba Denton; numerous other family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband Neil, her son Harvey Lee, four Brothers, Edmond Buttram, Kenneth Buttram, Doyle Buttram and Loy Buttram and two sons in law, Dale Gray and Don Barrett.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, SW Oklahoma Regional Office:
6425 NW Cache Road, Suite 102, Lawton, OK 73505