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==Death and legacy==

==Death and legacy==

Janet Pollard often compares her father to the [[Atticus Finch]] character, the compassionate lawyer portrayed by [[Gregory Peck]] in the [[novel]] and the [[film]], ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]''.<ref name=c17>''Claytie,'' p. 17.</ref> She says that her mother, "Chic," reminds her of the [[actress]] [[Claudette Colbert]]: “uplifting, happy, inspirational, the kind of person you wanted to be around all the time."<ref name=c17/>​

Janet Pollard often compares her father to the Atticus Finch character, the compassionate lawyer portrayed by Gregory Peck in the [[novel]] and the [[film]], ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]''.<ref name=c17>''Claytie,'' p. 17.</ref> She says that her mother, "Chic," reminds her of the [[actress]] Claudette Colbert: “uplifting, happy, inspirational, the kind of person you wanted to be around all the time."<ref name=c17/>​

In 1983, Williams was diagnosed with terminal [[cancer]]. He reacted "stoically. ... All is well. I am not afraid." Shortly before his death, the family attended a [[cattle]] auction and barbecue at their ranch near Alpine in Brewster County. A photograph of the couple then taken, presumably their last in public together, is included in the Mike Cochran 2007 book, ''Claytie: The Roller-Coaster Life of a Texas Wildcatter.''. The picture is also displayed in the [[J. Evetts Haley]] Museum in Midland.<ref>''Claytie'', pp. 20-2.</ref> Williams died a few days later the day before their 55th wedding anniversary. Chicora lived another fifteen years. They are interred at East Hill Cemetery in Fort Stockton.<ref name=handbook/>​

In 1983, Williams was diagnosed with terminal [[cancer]]. He reacted "stoically. ... All is well. I am not afraid." Shortly before his death, the family attended a [[cattle]] auction and barbecue at their ranch near Alpine in Brewster County. A photograph of the couple then taken, presumably their last in public together, is included in the Mike Cochran 2007 book, ''Claytie: The Roller-Coaster Life of a Texas Wildcatter.'' The picture is also displayed in the J. Evetts Haley Western Museum in Midland.<ref>''Claytie'', pp. 20-2.</ref> Williams died a few days later the day before their 55th wedding anniversary. Chicora lived another fifteen years. They are interred at East Hill Cemetery in Fort Stockton.<ref name=handbook/>​

Clayton Williams, Jr., summed up his father's philosophy of life: "Heights one day, depths the next."<ref>''Claytie,'' p. 378.</ref>​

Clayton Williams, Jr., summed up his father's philosophy of life: "Heights one day, depths the next."<ref>''Claytie,'' p. 378.</ref>​