~DaDDy's girl~
sometimes the reflection
in the mirror looking back at me
reminds me of you...
even when the lake
seems bottomless now and then
or my heart feels huge
because my backs against the wall
something inside says you're your
daddy's girl
do what you have to
can't has no meaning at all
my daddy-
full of courage, such a good man
so many of lifes lessons
were proudly passed down to him
from his family's native american
scotts-irish blood
working hard for themselves
to feed all those they loved
most times they barely made ends meet
by huntin, fishing and livin' off their land
way back in those east texas woods
he left to be a man at just fifteen
then he grew up again
after meeting "uncle sam'
cameras, writing or shooting guns
were just some of his favorites for having fun
even off in those far away places
he would laugh with his brothers
and take pics of their faces
to send back home to loved ones and families
while they defended our country
against hitler and the japanese
when he met my mother
he found his one true love
and on his next leave, a bride
as beautiful to him as the heavens above
after much hope and many years
finally an oops! child came along mid-life
although they buried him
the day i turned three
i was still my daddy's girl
through the years our family
sometimes told how proud
he was to see himself in me
sadly, i can't remember hearing
a spoken word he ever said-
but as i get older
vague memories become clearer
of many impressions he left
behind all those years
i know its true
legacies do linger
after the tears of death fade
they're more than skin deep
im living proof
my daddy will always be a hero
in the eyes of his girls
and ive been so blessed I know
by the sacrifices my mother made
after losing her world
now they're smiling together in heaven
knowing i miss them so much,
makes it's so hard some days
but you've got this
you're your daddy's girl❤
*
*
*
*
Known as "Willie" to his family and the USMC, and "Bill" at work. Willie was born in Linden, Cass County Texas into a farming family and was a loving son, brother, husband, father, and true friend. He never met a stranger and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He also loved being outdoors and fishing every chance he could. Willie was the first one of nine siblings to graduate high school, Northside HS, Ft. Worth TX.
"Home" back in Texas was always near and dear to him during his USMC-WWII tour, fighting in the South Pacific Campaign.
He liked to take pictures of the places he went and also of his Brothers that fought beside him, to send back to their families. As a Marine he earned his Sharpshooter Badge and had previously finished Barber and Radio Operations schools. He cut hair for his friends during the war to earn extra money. Willie was honorably discharged in 1945 (Military Policeman-SGT) after serving more than his required time, because he was needed. That's how he lived his life, always giving of his heart and time.
(He was very upset as a Corporal to be made to return Stateside to Pendleton in early 1945 on medical treatment for contracting Malaria in the South Pacific right before they were being sent on to Iwo Jima to fight, ultimately without him. He felt like he let "His Men" down. (he really never got over this)
In 1944 he married Minnie Lera Williams in San Diego CA during his service in the US Marines. He met her a few months before when he stopped to send a Telegram during his Leave while she was working as a clerk for Western Union in Bonham TX. It really was Love at First Sight. He was also so happy to become a daddy to Leras young daughter from a previous marriage that he considered his own. After the War, they returned home and he worked as a Roughneck in the oil fields of LA until moving back to Ft. Worth. They owned Perkins Brothers Super Save in downtown from 1950 until 1961. After many hopeful years they became the proud "OOps"parents of another daughter. Not long after selling the store they transferred to the Longview TX and Shreveport/Bossier LA areas with his job as a salesman for Neuhoff Meats out of Dallas. They found their dream home on Cross Lake in Shreveport for fishing with their boat, until his death. He was taken suddenly from all of us ... way too soon.
You're missed every day Daddy! Life would have been so different for so many of us-
All my life I was told what a good, funny and caring man my daddy was. I can only hope to have made him as proud of me as I am of him.
sometimes the reflection
in the mirror looking back at me
reminds me of you...
even when the lake
seems bottomless now and then
or my heart feels huge
because my backs against the wall
something inside says you're your
daddy's girl
do what you have to
can't has no meaning at all
my daddy-
full of courage, such a good man
so many of lifes lessons
were proudly passed down to him
from his family's native american
scotts-irish blood
working hard for themselves
to feed all those they loved
most times they barely made ends meet
by huntin, fishing and livin' off their land
way back in those east texas woods
he left to be a man at just fifteen
then he grew up again
after meeting "uncle sam'
cameras, writing or shooting guns
were just some of his favorites for having fun
even off in those far away places
he would laugh with his brothers
and take pics of their faces
to send back home to loved ones and families
while they defended our country
against hitler and the japanese
when he met my mother
he found his one true love
and on his next leave, a bride
as beautiful to him as the heavens above
after much hope and many years
finally an oops! child came along mid-life
although they buried him
the day i turned three
i was still my daddy's girl
through the years our family
sometimes told how proud
he was to see himself in me
sadly, i can't remember hearing
a spoken word he ever said-
but as i get older
vague memories become clearer
of many impressions he left
behind all those years
i know its true
legacies do linger
after the tears of death fade
they're more than skin deep
im living proof
my daddy will always be a hero
in the eyes of his girls
and ive been so blessed I know
by the sacrifices my mother made
after losing her world
now they're smiling together in heaven
knowing i miss them so much,
makes it's so hard some days
but you've got this
you're your daddy's girl❤
*
*
*
*
Known as "Willie" to his family and the USMC, and "Bill" at work. Willie was born in Linden, Cass County Texas into a farming family and was a loving son, brother, husband, father, and true friend. He never met a stranger and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He also loved being outdoors and fishing every chance he could. Willie was the first one of nine siblings to graduate high school, Northside HS, Ft. Worth TX.
"Home" back in Texas was always near and dear to him during his USMC-WWII tour, fighting in the South Pacific Campaign.
He liked to take pictures of the places he went and also of his Brothers that fought beside him, to send back to their families. As a Marine he earned his Sharpshooter Badge and had previously finished Barber and Radio Operations schools. He cut hair for his friends during the war to earn extra money. Willie was honorably discharged in 1945 (Military Policeman-SGT) after serving more than his required time, because he was needed. That's how he lived his life, always giving of his heart and time.
(He was very upset as a Corporal to be made to return Stateside to Pendleton in early 1945 on medical treatment for contracting Malaria in the South Pacific right before they were being sent on to Iwo Jima to fight, ultimately without him. He felt like he let "His Men" down. (he really never got over this)
In 1944 he married Minnie Lera Williams in San Diego CA during his service in the US Marines. He met her a few months before when he stopped to send a Telegram during his Leave while she was working as a clerk for Western Union in Bonham TX. It really was Love at First Sight. He was also so happy to become a daddy to Leras young daughter from a previous marriage that he considered his own. After the War, they returned home and he worked as a Roughneck in the oil fields of LA until moving back to Ft. Worth. They owned Perkins Brothers Super Save in downtown from 1950 until 1961. After many hopeful years they became the proud "OOps"parents of another daughter. Not long after selling the store they transferred to the Longview TX and Shreveport/Bossier LA areas with his job as a salesman for Neuhoff Meats out of Dallas. They found their dream home on Cross Lake in Shreveport for fishing with their boat, until his death. He was taken suddenly from all of us ... way too soon.
You're missed every day Daddy! Life would have been so different for so many of us-
All my life I was told what a good, funny and caring man my daddy was. I can only hope to have made him as proud of me as I am of him.
~DaDDy's girl~
sometimes the reflection
in the mirror looking back at me
reminds me of you...
even when the lake
seems bottomless now and then
or my heart feels huge
because my backs against the wall
something inside says you're your
daddy's girl
do what you have to
can't has no meaning at all
my daddy-
full of courage, such a good man
so many of lifes lessons
were proudly passed down to him
from his family's native american
scotts-irish blood
working hard for themselves
to feed all those they loved
most times they barely made ends meet
by huntin, fishing and livin' off their land
way back in those east texas woods
he left to be a man at just fifteen
then he grew up again
after meeting "uncle sam'
cameras, writing or shooting guns
were just some of his favorites for having fun
even off in those far away places
he would laugh with his brothers
and take pics of their faces
to send back home to loved ones and families
while they defended our country
against hitler and the japanese
when he met my mother
he found his one true love
and on his next leave, a bride
as beautiful to him as the heavens above
after much hope and many years
finally an oops! child came along mid-life
although they buried him
the day i turned three
i was still my daddy's girl
through the years our family
sometimes told how proud
he was to see himself in me
sadly, i can't remember hearing
a spoken word he ever said-
but as i get older
vague memories become clearer
of many impressions he left
behind all those years
i know its true
legacies do linger
after the tears of death fade
they're more than skin deep
im living proof
my daddy will always be a hero
in the eyes of his girls
and ive been so blessed I know
by the sacrifices my mother made
after losing her world
now they're smiling together in heaven
knowing i miss them so much,
makes it's so hard some days
but you've got this
you're your daddy's girl❤
*
*
*
*
Known as "Willie" to his family and the USMC, and "Bill" at work. Willie was born in Linden, Cass County Texas into a farming family and was a loving son, brother, husband, father, and true friend. He never met a stranger and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He also loved being outdoors and fishing every chance he could. Willie was the first one of nine siblings to graduate high school, Northside HS, Ft. Worth TX.
"Home" back in Texas was always near and dear to him during his USMC-WWII tour, fighting in the South Pacific Campaign.
He liked to take pictures of the places he went and also of his Brothers that fought beside him, to send back to their families. As a Marine he earned his Sharpshooter Badge and had previously finished Barber and Radio Operations schools. He cut hair for his friends during the war to earn extra money. Willie was honorably discharged in 1945 (Military Policeman-SGT) after serving more than his required time, because he was needed. That's how he lived his life, always giving of his heart and time.
(He was very upset as a Corporal to be made to return Stateside to Pendleton in early 1945 on medical treatment for contracting Malaria in the South Pacific right before they were being sent on to Iwo Jima to fight, ultimately without him. He felt like he let "His Men" down. (he really never got over this)
In 1944 he married Minnie Lera Williams in San Diego CA during his service in the US Marines. He met her a few months before when he stopped to send a Telegram during his Leave while she was working as a clerk for Western Union in Bonham TX. It really was Love at First Sight. He was also so happy to become a daddy to Leras young daughter from a previous marriage that he considered his own. After the War, they returned home and he worked as a Roughneck in the oil fields of LA until moving back to Ft. Worth. They owned Perkins Brothers Super Save in downtown from 1950 until 1961. After many hopeful years they became the proud "OOps"parents of another daughter. Not long after selling the store they transferred to the Longview TX and Shreveport/Bossier LA areas with his job as a salesman for Neuhoff Meats out of Dallas. They found their dream home on Cross Lake in Shreveport for fishing with their boat, until his death. He was taken suddenly from all of us ... way too soon.
You're missed every day Daddy! Life would have been so different for so many of us-
All my life I was told what a good, funny and caring man my daddy was. I can only hope to have made him as proud of me as I am of him.
sometimes the reflection
in the mirror looking back at me
reminds me of you...
even when the lake
seems bottomless now and then
or my heart feels huge
because my backs against the wall
something inside says you're your
daddy's girl
do what you have to
can't has no meaning at all
my daddy-
full of courage, such a good man
so many of lifes lessons
were proudly passed down to him
from his family's native american
scotts-irish blood
working hard for themselves
to feed all those they loved
most times they barely made ends meet
by huntin, fishing and livin' off their land
way back in those east texas woods
he left to be a man at just fifteen
then he grew up again
after meeting "uncle sam'
cameras, writing or shooting guns
were just some of his favorites for having fun
even off in those far away places
he would laugh with his brothers
and take pics of their faces
to send back home to loved ones and families
while they defended our country
against hitler and the japanese
when he met my mother
he found his one true love
and on his next leave, a bride
as beautiful to him as the heavens above
after much hope and many years
finally an oops! child came along mid-life
although they buried him
the day i turned three
i was still my daddy's girl
through the years our family
sometimes told how proud
he was to see himself in me
sadly, i can't remember hearing
a spoken word he ever said-
but as i get older
vague memories become clearer
of many impressions he left
behind all those years
i know its true
legacies do linger
after the tears of death fade
they're more than skin deep
im living proof
my daddy will always be a hero
in the eyes of his girls
and ive been so blessed I know
by the sacrifices my mother made
after losing her world
now they're smiling together in heaven
knowing i miss them so much,
makes it's so hard some days
but you've got this
you're your daddy's girl❤
*
*
*
*
Known as "Willie" to his family and the USMC, and "Bill" at work. Willie was born in Linden, Cass County Texas into a farming family and was a loving son, brother, husband, father, and true friend. He never met a stranger and enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He also loved being outdoors and fishing every chance he could. Willie was the first one of nine siblings to graduate high school, Northside HS, Ft. Worth TX.
"Home" back in Texas was always near and dear to him during his USMC-WWII tour, fighting in the South Pacific Campaign.
He liked to take pictures of the places he went and also of his Brothers that fought beside him, to send back to their families. As a Marine he earned his Sharpshooter Badge and had previously finished Barber and Radio Operations schools. He cut hair for his friends during the war to earn extra money. Willie was honorably discharged in 1945 (Military Policeman-SGT) after serving more than his required time, because he was needed. That's how he lived his life, always giving of his heart and time.
(He was very upset as a Corporal to be made to return Stateside to Pendleton in early 1945 on medical treatment for contracting Malaria in the South Pacific right before they were being sent on to Iwo Jima to fight, ultimately without him. He felt like he let "His Men" down. (he really never got over this)
In 1944 he married Minnie Lera Williams in San Diego CA during his service in the US Marines. He met her a few months before when he stopped to send a Telegram during his Leave while she was working as a clerk for Western Union in Bonham TX. It really was Love at First Sight. He was also so happy to become a daddy to Leras young daughter from a previous marriage that he considered his own. After the War, they returned home and he worked as a Roughneck in the oil fields of LA until moving back to Ft. Worth. They owned Perkins Brothers Super Save in downtown from 1950 until 1961. After many hopeful years they became the proud "OOps"parents of another daughter. Not long after selling the store they transferred to the Longview TX and Shreveport/Bossier LA areas with his job as a salesman for Neuhoff Meats out of Dallas. They found their dream home on Cross Lake in Shreveport for fishing with their boat, until his death. He was taken suddenly from all of us ... way too soon.
You're missed every day Daddy! Life would have been so different for so many of us-
All my life I was told what a good, funny and caring man my daddy was. I can only hope to have made him as proud of me as I am of him.
