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In 1975 and 1982, Williams procured his master's degree and thirty additional graduate hours, respectively, in educational administration, again from Louisiana Tech.  In 1977, he returned to professional education to teach biology and chemistry at the former Sibley High School in Sibley south of Minden. In 1979, he spent six weeks as an assistant principal at Minden High School before he was appointed by the Webster Parish School Board as the principal at Sibley. That school was relocated to the south and renamed Lakeside Junior and Senior High School. He remained at Sibley and Lakeside for a total of twenty-four years. In 2001, he was named "Louisiana State Principal of the Year". The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company also named him its "Principal of the Year" for the state of Louisiana. From 2003 until his retirement in March 2011, he was the parish superintendent, following in his father's footsteps.<ref name=dspecht>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/former-educator-butch-williams-passes/|title=Former educator 'Butch' Williams passes|publisher=''The Minden Press-Herald''|date=March 22, 2018|author=David Specht, Jr.|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> The senior Williams was superintendent from 1971 to 1978. As superintendent, Williams oversaw the consolidation or rebuilding of schools throughout the parish, including Minden (2007), North Webster, and Doyline high schools. In 2005, the Louisiana 4-H Youth Development Program presented with the "4-H Superintendent’s Award", and he was inducted in 2008 into the Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/mr-wayne-butch-wynn-williams-jr/|title=Mr. Wayne "Butch" Williams, Jr. obituary|publisher=''The Minden Press-Herald''|date=March 23, 2018|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

In 1975 and 1982, Williams procured his master's degree and thirty additional graduate hours, respectively, in educational administration, again from Louisiana Tech.  In 1977, he returned to professional education to teach biology and chemistry at the former Sibley High School in Sibley south of Minden. In 1979, he spent six weeks as an assistant principal at Minden High School before he was appointed by the Webster Parish School Board as the principal at Sibley. That school was relocated to the south and renamed Lakeside Junior and Senior High School. He remained at Sibley and Lakeside for a total of twenty-four years. In 2001, he was named "Louisiana State Principal of the Year". The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company also named him its "Principal of the Year" for the state of Louisiana. From 2003 until his retirement in March 2011, he was the parish superintendent, following in his father's footsteps.<ref name=dspecht>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/former-educator-butch-williams-passes/|title=Former educator 'Butch' Williams passes|publisher=''The Minden Press-Herald''|date=March 22, 2018|author=David Specht, Jr.|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> The senior Williams was superintendent from 1971 to 1978. As superintendent, Williams oversaw the consolidation or rebuilding of schools throughout the parish, including Minden (2007), North Webster, and Doyline high schools. In 2005, the Louisiana 4-H Youth Development Program presented with the "4-H Superintendent’s Award", and he was inducted in 2008 into the Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://press-herald.com/mr-wayne-butch-wynn-williams-jr/|title=Mr. Wayne "Butch" Williams, Jr. obituary|publisher=''The Minden Press-Herald''|date=March 23, 2018|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

Williams' father was the Webster Parish superintendent during desegregation and consolidation in the 1970s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/images/teachers/teachers.htm|title=Wayne Wynn Williams, former School Superintendent dies at 83|publisher=''The Minden Press-Herald'' reprinted in Mindenmemories.org|date=September 18, 2000|accessdate=March 22, 2018}}</ref> a period of time which Williams referred to as "turmoil." Williams said that his father "had a lot of influence on what I did for a living", Williams said in a 2011 interview. Williams noted that voters must have approved of his own administration of schools because they voted on nine occasions for all bond issues and property tax renewals while he was superintendent: "And we did not lose one election. Not many superintendents can say that."<ref name=ghilburn>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/03/21/butch-williams-longtime-educator-dies/447617002/|title='Butch' Williams, longtime educator dies|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]'' (''[[USA Today]]'' Network)|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|date=March 22, 2018|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

Williams' father was the Webster Parish superintendent during desegregation and consolidation in the 1970s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/images/teachers/teachers.htm|title=Wayne Wynn Williams, former School Superintendent dies at 83|publisher=''The Minden Press-Herald'' reprinted in Mindenmemories.org|date=September 18, 2000|accessdate=March 22, 2018}}</ref> a period of time which Williams referred to as "turmoil." Williams said that his father "had a lot of influence on what I did for a living," Williams said in a 2011 interview. Williams noted that voters must have approved of his own administration of schools because they voted on nine occasions for all bond issues and property tax renewals while he was superintendent: "And we did not lose one election. Not many superintendents can say that."<ref name=ghilburn>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/03/21/butch-williams-longtime-educator-dies/447617002/|title='Butch' Williams, longtime educator dies|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]'' (''[[USA Today]]'' Network)|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|date=March 22, 2018|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

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