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Williams was born and reared in the census designated place of McRoberts in Letcher County in the [[coal]]-mining area of eastern Kentucky adjacent to the [[Virginia]] border. After [[high school]], he worked for the coal company dispensing [[dynamite]] and blasting caps to miners. He was also seasonally employed in [[tobacco]] production.<ref name=br>http://www.legacy.com/theadvocate/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=108949269</ref>

Williams was born and reared in the census designated place of McRoberts in Letcher County in the [[coal]]-mining area of eastern Kentucky adjacent to the [[Virginia]] border. After [[high school]], he worked for the coal company dispensing [[dynamite]] and blasting caps to miners. He was also seasonally employed in [[tobacco]] production.<ref name=br>http://www.legacy.com/theadvocate/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=108949269</ref>

In 1942, with the advent of [[World War II]], Williams enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] and served for a year as a [[radio]] operator on board the minesweeper ''USS Scout'', which escorted convoys across the North [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]]. For his work, he received the American Campaign Medal. Williams then served in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and obtained the European-African-Mideast Campaign Medal. After victory in [[Europe]], he was stationed in the [[Aleutian Islands]] as part of the preparation for the invasion of [[Japan]], for which he received the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal. After the war ended, Williams remained in the [[U.S. Naval Reserves]]. He attended the [[University of Kentucky]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] under the [[G.I. Bill of Rights]] and graduated in 1950 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in journalism. Williams was recalled to active duty and stationed in [[New Orleans]] for the duration of the [[Korean War]].<ref name=obit/>

In 1942, with the advent of [[World War II]], Williams enlisted in the [[United States Navy]] and served for a year as a [[radio]] operator on board the minesweeper ''USS Scout'', which escorted convoys across the North [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]]. For his work, he received the American Campaign Medal. Williams then served in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and obtained the European-African-Mideast Campaign Medal. After victory in [[Europe]], he was stationed in the Aleutian Islands as part of the preparation for the invasion of [[Japan]], for which he received the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal. After the war ended, Williams remained in the [[U.S. Navy  Reserves]]. He attended the [[University of Kentucky]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] under the G.I. Bill of Rights and graduated in 1950 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in journalism. Williams was recalled to active duty and stationed in [[New Orleans]] for the duration of the [[Korean War]].<ref name=obit/>

In 1951, Williams married the former Patricia "Pat" Conners (January 3, 1929 &ndash; December 30, 2007),<ref>http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi</ref> orginally from New Orleans. She was a former employee of the Louisiana State Office Building in Alexandria. The Williamses moved to Alexandria when he joined ''The Town Talk''. They had four children: Frances W. Woodiel and her husband, Christopher Davis Woodiel, and Conners Williams and wife, Debbie, both couples from [[Baton Rouge]]; Sean Williams and wife, Vicki, of Vancouver, [[Washington]], and Maurice Williams of Alexandria, and five grandchildren. After his wife's death from [[cancer]], Williams moved to Baton Rouge, where he succumbed to complications of a hip fracture. The couple is interred at Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.<ref name=br/>

In 1951, Williams married the former Patricia "Pat" Conners (January 3, 1929 &ndash; December 30, 2007),<ref>http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi</ref> orginally from New Orleans. She was a former employee of the Louisiana State Office Building in Alexandria. The Williamses moved to Alexandria when he joined ''The Town Talk''. They had four children: Frances W. Woodiel and her husband, Christopher Davis Woodiel, and Conners Williams and wife, Debbie, both couples from [[Baton Rouge]]; Sean Williams and wife, Vicki, of Vancouver, [[Washington]], and Maurice Williams of Alexandria, and five grandchildren. After his wife's death from [[cancer]], Williams moved to Baton Rouge, where he succumbed to complications of a hip fracture. The couple is interred at Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.<ref name=br/>