Anna Mae (Williams) Tapley Obituary
Anna Mae Tapley was born May 27, 1935 in Manila, Arkansas, to John Thomas Williams and Della Buchanan. Anna spent the last 6 years living at Villa Mesa Healthcare Center in Upland, California until her passing on February 26, 2022, at the age of 86.
Anna was the eighth of nine children born into the Williams family and was sadly the last survivor. When Anna was still a young teen, her family relocated from Arkansas to California, traveling west on the iconic Route 66. After reaching California, they settled in Bakersfield near other family, as a central location to work on local, and sometimes distant farms, harvesting California's abundant crops.
At the age of 17, Anna met Clyde Aubrey Tapley, while the family was working Pomona. After a whirlwind romance, they traveled to Quartzsite, Arizona and got married. Their first son, David, was born the following year. Two more sons and three daughters quickly followed. As the family grew, they moved frequently. They called Oregon, Oklahoma, Texas and Arizona home, but always considered Bakersfield with Anna's family, their home base. The family lived in Ontario several times and finally settled there permanently in 1971.
She was predeceased by : her parents; eight siblings; her husband Clyde; her children, David, Gary and Lora Ann; and her grandson Joshua.
She leaves behind her son, Michael; daughters, Patricia and Debora; 5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
