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April 07 2008

Deborah Warshaw, 49, of Plano, passed away April 7, 2008, in Plano.  Deborah Ann Williams was born June 22, 1958, in Binghamton, New York, to Donald LeRoy and Joyce Elaine Bennett Williams. She grew up in the Irving area and graduated from MacArthur High School and then attended UT Arlington.  She moved to California, where she met and married Alan Warshaw on July 16, 1983, in Granada Hills. They moved to Burbank, where she worked as a bank manager, and she and Alan started their family.  They moved to Plano in May of 1989, and Deborah attended classes at Collin County Community College. She worked at First Gibraltar Bank and Bank of America until her health no longer permitted. She was a member of Grace Community Church and was a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity.  She is survived by her former husband and friend, Alan Warshaw; son, Adam Warshaw of Lawrence, Kansas; daughters, Jennifer Warshaw of Abilene, Texas, and Katelyn Warshaw of Plano, Texas; mother, Joyce Williams of Fruitvale, Texas; brothers, Albert Williams and wife, Eunice, of Lusby, Maryland, Frank Williams of Lusby, Maryland, and Dale Williams of Dallas, Texas; sisters, Donna Bishop and husband, Chuck, of Greenville, South Carolina, Mary Brody of Lusby, Maryland, Sherri Thrift and husband, LeRoy, of Atlanta, Georgia, Jerri Mead and husband, Arnold, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Denee Hill and husband, Tony, of Canton, Texas.  Deborah was preceded in death by her father, Donald Williams, Sr., and brothers, David Williams and Donald Williams, Jr.  Visitation  will be Thursday, April 10, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hiett's LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point. 
Funeral services for Deborah are scheduled for 10 a.m., Friday, April 11, 2008, at Grace Community Church in Plano with Pastor George Feiser officiating. Burial will follow at 1 p.m. at College Mound Cemetery in Terrell, under the direction of Hiett's LyBrand Funeral Home.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to American Liver Foundation, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603, New York, New York, 10038. Any blood donations made in Deborah's name would be greatly appreciated. ~ ~ ~ Star Community Newspapers, Wednesday, April 9, 2008