Shirley Mae Williams
1924 - 2006 (82 years)Person ID: I16315 | Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026
1893 - 1954 (61 years)-
Name Shirley Mae Williams Gender Female Birth 6 Feb 1924 Gulf, Matagorda County, Texas, USA 
Died 29 Nov 2006 Harris County, Texas, USA Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Spring Branch East, Harris County, Texas, USA [1] -
Parents
Father Darwin Malcolm Ashton Williams (ID:I16310)
b. 25 May 1893, Matagorda County, Texas, USA
d. 3 Nov 1954, Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, USA (Age 61 years)
Other Partners: Jo Reed m. 27 May 1934Mother Virginia Louise Foster (ID:I16314)
b. 31 Jan 1904, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
d. 4 Nov 1991, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA (Age 87 years) Marriage 15 Feb 1922 Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA Divorce 1930 -
Family
Husband Jack Dillard Fitzgerald (ID:I16317)
b. 18 Dec 1921, Buffalo Gap, Taylor County, Texas, USA
d. 15 Mar 1997, Harris County, Texas, USA (Age 75 years)
Marriage 1943 Age at Marriage Shirley : ~ 18 years - Jack : ~ 21 years. (Were Married ~ 54 years). Children + 1. Virginia Lee Fitzgerald (ID:I16318)
b. 10 Oct 1947, Travis County, Texas, USA
d. 24 Sep 2013, Katy, Fort Bend County, Texas, USA (Age 65 years)+ 2. Living (ID:I16319) -
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Event Map
Birth - 6 Feb 1924 - Gulf, Matagorda County, Texas, USA 
Died - 29 Nov 2006 - Harris County, Texas, USA 
Buried - - Woodlawn Cemetery, Spring Branch East, Harris County, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100361574/shirley_mae-fitzgerald.
Shirley Fitzgerald was born in Gulf, Texas, to Darwin and Virginia (Foster) Willliams. She married Jack Dillard Fitzgerald before World War II. Jack served as a marine officer first on the beach in Okinawa and later coached the marine basketball team. They were married 55 years. They were charter members and officers of the Bellaire AA Club. Both were alumni of University of Texas, where he was a final four basketball player. Shirley achieved "Emerald Life Master" World Champion Bridge Player. She was an avid sports fan, who kept Astros stats and basketball fever all season long. She is survived by two daughters, her grandchildrn and great grandchildren. She was a life-tme member of Westbury Baptist Church.
A celebration of her life was held on Monday, December 4, 2006, at Westbury Baptist Church in Houston, Minister Randy Mitchell officiating. Memorial donations can be made to Houston Hospice.
From the Houston Chronicle, December 2 to December 3, 2006
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Her parents Darwin Malcolm Williams and Virginia Louise Foster were married 15 Feb 1922 in Matagorda County, Texas. Her father was listed as divorced in 1930. He married Jo Reed on 27 May 1934.
