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Leonard Daniel
“Danny” Williams
eonard Daniel “Danny”
Williams is a true Texan
L– soft-spoken, steadfast
in his love for God, family and
country, honest and helpful.
Born and raised in Lubbock,
his father died when he was a
baby so he was raised by his
mother and her parents. Danny
attended Monterey High School
and worked at a grocery store on
weekends. There he was bagging
groceries when a lady came in
with her daughter. Thinking
that daughter was awfully
cute, Danny made sure he was
the bagger any time they were
checking out so he could chat,
sack her groceries, carry them out
and get to know her. Judy Fickle
became the love of his life. Her
mother liked him right away, but
her father was more suspicious
of anyone wanting to court his
daughter. It took a while, but
Danny won him over as well.
They dated for two or three years
and married in 1960 at the Sunset
Church of Christ.
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Danny was going to
be a lawyer but put
that aside and instead
received a degree in
Business Administration
from Texas Tech in 1962. He
received his commission in the
Air Force through the ROTC
program at Tech and began
working in management, first
at Laughlin Air Force Base near
Del Rio, Texas. He then was
assigned to Evreux-Fauville Air
Base in France where he was a
combat airlift support officer.
After three years, he left active
duty, returned to Texas, and
joined the Air Force Reserves
where he stayed very active for
the next 22 years. His duties
expanded to logistics support
and management, and
he rose in rank and
responsibility.
Danny is a very
modest and humble
man and feels that
his success in the Air
Force was a result
of the wonderful
support he had
through the years.
Higher officer levels
involved more authority and
more people who worked for
you and for whom you were
responsible. He encouraged the
success of those under him and
felt their success was the reason
he progressed as he did. He was
surprised and honored when
George H. W. Bush nominated
him to become a Brigadier
General in 1993. Usually, the
pilots in the Air Force got
the promotions, and the rank
said something about what he
accomplished and the effect he's
had on others over the years.
Danny and Judy had two
children, Kim and Dan, and
once the children were in school,
Judy went to work for Lubbock
National Bank and retired from
there after 20+ years of service.
When Danny wasn't handling
duties for the Air Force, he
supervised a regional property/
casualty claims department for
Travelers Insurance in Lubbock.
In 2017 Judy died, and although
the neighborhood where Danny
lived pulled together to include
him, he needed a change.
Danny's daughter Kim is married
to Robert Loveless, whose
mother lives at Carillon Senior