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|death_place=March 21, 2018 (aged 70)

|spouse=Karen Marlowe "Ki" Williams (married 1969-2018, his death)

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'''Sons''':

W. W. "Trey" Williams, III

Christopher Marlowe "Chris" Williams

Gregory Kyle "Greg" Williams

Six grandchildren

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'''Parents:'''

[[W. W. Williams, Sr.|W. W., Sr.]] and Irene Botkins Williams

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'''Brother''':

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James Byron Williams

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James Byron "Jimmy" Williams (1955-2024) (Mayor of Sibley, Louisiana, 2009-2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://press-herald.com/james-jimmy-byron-williams/|title=James "Jimmy" Byron Williams obituary|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=January 22, 2024|accessdate=January 31, 2024}}</ref>

|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

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==Background==

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The older of two sons of [[W. W. Williams, Sr.]], and the former Irene Botkins (1921-2015), a native of [[Kentucky]] known as "Mama Rene", Williams was born in Haynesville in northern Claiborne Parish while his father was an educator in Shongaloo in Webster Parish, located ten miles from Haynesville. The family relocated to Minden in 1950. He graduated in 1965 from Minden High School, at which he was a class officer and played All-District in [[basketball]] [[baseball]], ran track, and played football on the state champion 1963 Minden Crimson Tide team. Williams resided in Minden for nearly all of his life except for his four years at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and played [[football]], part of this time as a blocker for [[Terry Bradshaw]], who went on to quarterback four [[Super Bowl]] triumphs for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. He attended Louisiana Tech on an athletic scholarship to play football~~. He~~ earned letters as an offensive tackle from 1966 to 1969 and was named to the All Gulf-States Conference team in 1969. He played in the first two post-season games in which Louisiana Tech participated, ~~the Grantland Rice Bowl in~~ 1968 in Murfreesboro, [[Tennessee]], and in 1969 in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=dspecht/>

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The older of two sons of [[W. W. Williams, Sr.]], and the former Irene Botkins (1921-2015), a native of [[Kentucky]] known as "Mama Rene", Williams was born in Haynesville in northern Claiborne Parish while his father was an educator in Shongaloo in Webster Parish, located ten miles from Haynesville. The family relocated to Minden in 1950. He graduated in 1965 from Minden High School, at which he was a class officer and played All-District in [[basketball]] [[baseball]], ran track, and played football on the state champion 1963 Minden Crimson Tide team. Williams resided in Minden for nearly all of his life except for his four years at [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and played [[football]], part of this time as a blocker for [[Terry Bradshaw]], who went on to quarterback four [[Super Bowl]] triumphs for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. Another of his Louisiana Tech teammates was [[Larry Brewer]], also from Minden. Williams attended Louisiana Tech on an athletic scholarship to play football and earned letters as an offensive tackle from 1966 to 1969 and was named to the All Gulf-States Conference team in 1969. He played in the first two post-season Grantland Rice Bowl games in which Louisiana Tech participated, 1968 in Murfreesboro, [[Tennessee]], and in 1969 in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=dspecht/>

==Career==

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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>

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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=''~~The~~ Monroe News-Star'' (''[[USA Today]]'' Network)|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|date=March 22, 2018|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref>

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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>

==Legacy==

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