Mrs. Williams graduated from Burges High School in El Paso, Texas. She attended the University of Texas at El Paso and Texas Tech University where she finished getting her Bachelors degree. She then attended the University of Texas at Permain and finished at West Texas A&M University with her Masters. Her family consist of her daughter, April Louise, who is married and teaches 3rd Grade in Amarillo. April and her husband Kevin adopted Isabelle Jayne in April 2015. Her son, John Arthur and his wife Tara moved to Billingham, Washington, where John works as a mechanical CAD designer at one of the area refineries. Her youngest son, James David, is married and is a project manager with Zachery Engineering in San Antonio. He and his wife Sara now have three sons, Wesley, Tyler, and Colton, who joined the family in April. Mrs. Williams retired last May, but has returned to teach English half a day.