Willie Mae was the eldest of six children born to William Francis Adams and Lula Jane (Woods). On June 19, 1926 she married Jesse James Vaught in Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas. They had two children, Charles Otho and Mary Frances. Jessie died in 1937 and she married William Sebe "Daddy Bill" Sims on April 16, 1949.
Willie Mae was best known for owning and running the café at the sales barn for a number of years. Each Sunday she would do all her baking by preparing as many as a dozen pies for the cowboys who came for the sale on Monday. Her pies and chicken fried steak were known to be the best around.
Last November, she celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by friends and family including grandchildren, great grandchildren, and a great great grandson. Family was her greatest blessing and being able to spend time with them. She lived in Graham for sixty years. She loved fishing and hunting and was still fishing up to her 95th birthday.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, Myrtle Reed in 1974, Donnie Crabtree in 1978, Ethel Pinkston Haas in 1987, Homer "Jack" Adams in 1990, Opal "Judy" Bryan in 1993; her husbands Jesse Vaught in 1937 and Bill Sims in 1976; her daughter Mary "Sis" Layfield in 2006; grandson Charles Richard "Ricky" Layfield in 2004; daughters-in-law Lorene Vaught in 1987 and Marjorie Vaught in 2009.
At time of death she was survived by her son Charles Otho Vaught of Eliasville, Texas; grandsons, James Otho Vaught and Charles David Vaught of Washington; granddaughters, Cynthia Askew of Graham, Sharon Seaton of Alaska, Rhonda Zehner of Washington, Sara Wheeler of Oklahoma, Jenni Dougan of Gainesville.
Willie Mae was best known for owning and running the café at the sales barn for a number of years. Each Sunday she would do all her baking by preparing as many as a dozen pies for the cowboys who came for the sale on Monday. Her pies and chicken fried steak were known to be the best around.
Last November, she celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by friends and family including grandchildren, great grandchildren, and a great great grandson. Family was her greatest blessing and being able to spend time with them. She lived in Graham for sixty years. She loved fishing and hunting and was still fishing up to her 95th birthday.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, Myrtle Reed in 1974, Donnie Crabtree in 1978, Ethel Pinkston Haas in 1987, Homer "Jack" Adams in 1990, Opal "Judy" Bryan in 1993; her husbands Jesse Vaught in 1937 and Bill Sims in 1976; her daughter Mary "Sis" Layfield in 2006; grandson Charles Richard "Ricky" Layfield in 2004; daughters-in-law Lorene Vaught in 1987 and Marjorie Vaught in 2009.
At time of death she was survived by her son Charles Otho Vaught of Eliasville, Texas; grandsons, James Otho Vaught and Charles David Vaught of Washington; granddaughters, Cynthia Askew of Graham, Sharon Seaton of Alaska, Rhonda Zehner of Washington, Sara Wheeler of Oklahoma, Jenni Dougan of Gainesville.
Willie Mae was the eldest of six children born to William Francis Adams and Lula Jane (Woods). On June 19, 1926 she married Jesse James Vaught in Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas. They had two children, Charles Otho and Mary Frances. Jessie died in 1937 and she married William Sebe "Daddy Bill" Sims on April 16, 1949.
Willie Mae was best known for owning and running the café at the sales barn for a number of years. Each Sunday she would do all her baking by preparing as many as a dozen pies for the cowboys who came for the sale on Monday. Her pies and chicken fried steak were known to be the best around.
Last November, she celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by friends and family including grandchildren, great grandchildren, and a great great grandson. Family was her greatest blessing and being able to spend time with them. She lived in Graham for sixty years. She loved fishing and hunting and was still fishing up to her 95th birthday.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, Myrtle Reed in 1974, Donnie Crabtree in 1978, Ethel Pinkston Haas in 1987, Homer "Jack" Adams in 1990, Opal "Judy" Bryan in 1993; her husbands Jesse Vaught in 1937 and Bill Sims in 1976; her daughter Mary "Sis" Layfield in 2006; grandson Charles Richard "Ricky" Layfield in 2004; daughters-in-law Lorene Vaught in 1987 and Marjorie Vaught in 2009.
At time of death she was survived by her son Charles Otho Vaught of Eliasville, Texas; grandsons, James Otho Vaught and Charles David Vaught of Washington; granddaughters, Cynthia Askew of Graham, Sharon Seaton of Alaska, Rhonda Zehner of Washington, Sara Wheeler of Oklahoma, Jenni Dougan of Gainesville.
Willie Mae was best known for owning and running the café at the sales barn for a number of years. Each Sunday she would do all her baking by preparing as many as a dozen pies for the cowboys who came for the sale on Monday. Her pies and chicken fried steak were known to be the best around.
Last November, she celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by friends and family including grandchildren, great grandchildren, and a great great grandson. Family was her greatest blessing and being able to spend time with them. She lived in Graham for sixty years. She loved fishing and hunting and was still fishing up to her 95th birthday.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings, Myrtle Reed in 1974, Donnie Crabtree in 1978, Ethel Pinkston Haas in 1987, Homer "Jack" Adams in 1990, Opal "Judy" Bryan in 1993; her husbands Jesse Vaught in 1937 and Bill Sims in 1976; her daughter Mary "Sis" Layfield in 2006; grandson Charles Richard "Ricky" Layfield in 2004; daughters-in-law Lorene Vaught in 1987 and Marjorie Vaught in 2009.
At time of death she was survived by her son Charles Otho Vaught of Eliasville, Texas; grandsons, James Otho Vaught and Charles David Vaught of Washington; granddaughters, Cynthia Askew of Graham, Sharon Seaton of Alaska, Rhonda Zehner of Washington, Sara Wheeler of Oklahoma, Jenni Dougan of Gainesville.
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