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Even before he received his bachelor's degree in physical education and science, he spent a year as head coach and science teacher at what soon became private school, Glenbrook Academy in Minden. In 1970, a year before his father became the Webster Parish school superintendent, Williams joined the faculty of his alma mater, MHS, where his mother was for thirty-four years the school secretary. He taught [[biology]] and [[chemistry]]. He was an assistant football coach and head baseball coach. In his second season in 1972, he coached MHS baseball to the state AAA championship over rival Bossier High School in [[Bossier City]]. He continued to coach summer baseball for more than thirty years, including two decades for the local American Legion team, for which he led several teams to regional and state appearances. He was active in the push to establish the Minden Recreation Center after he witnessed practicing in parking lots because of the lack of proper facilities. Williams sat on the recreation committee that eventually got voters to approve the complex, located off Interstate 20 near the Northwest Louisiana Technical College.<ref name=obit/> In 1973, Williams partnered with the [[veterinarian]] Dr. Tom K. Alley (1924-2016), a native of Montgomery County, [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Alley&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1168&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=167983936&df=all&|title=Dr. Tom K. Alley|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> in the establishment of Minden Athletic Supply Company. He left education for two years to concentrate of the business.<ref name=dspecht/>

Even before he received his bachelor's degree in physical education and science, he spent a year as head coach and science teacher at what soon became private school, Glenbrook Academy in Minden. In 1970, a year before his father became the Webster Parish school superintendent, Williams joined the faculty of his alma mater, MHS, where his mother was for thirty-four years the school secretary. He taught [[biology]] and [[chemistry]]. He was an assistant football coach and head baseball coach. In his second season in 1972, he coached MHS baseball to the state AAA championship over rival Bossier High School in [[Bossier City]]. He continued to coach summer baseball for more than thirty years, including two decades for the local American Legion team, for which he led several teams to regional and state appearances. He was active in the push to establish the Minden Recreation Center after he witnessed practicing in parking lots because of the lack of proper facilities. Williams sat on the recreation committee that eventually got voters to approve the complex, located off Interstate 20 near the Northwest Louisiana Technical College.<ref name=obit/> In 1973, Williams partnered with the [[veterinarian]] Dr. Tom K. Alley (1924-2016), a native of Montgomery County, [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Alley&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1168&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=167983936&df=all&|title=Dr. Tom K. Alley|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=March 24, 2018}}</ref> in the establishment of Minden Athletic Supply Company. He left education for two years to concentrate of the business.<ref name=dspecht/>

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

Nico Van Thyn, former sports editor of ''The Shreveport Times'' and ''The Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', wrote in a blog of Williams: "Whether it was in athletics, as a player and coach, or in education, as a teacher or administrator, he met with success -- and earned respect."<ref name=ghilburn/> Van Thyn, who met Williams at Louisiana Tech in the fall of 1965, penned a well-written on his blog to salute the career of his friend, noting that the [[cancer]], which took Williams' life, was a much tougher opponent than a football team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nvanthyn.blogspot.com/2018/03/butch-williams-life-has-been-one-of.html|title=Once a Knight: Butch Williams' life has been one of achievement|author=Nico Van Thyn|publisher=Nvanthyn.blogspot.com|date=March 20, 2018|accessdate=March 26, 2018}}</ref>  

Nico Van Thyn, former sports editor of ''The Shreveport Times'' and ''The Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', wrote in a blog of Williams: "Whether it was in athletics, as a player and coach, or in education, as a teacher or administrator, he met with success -- and earned respect."<ref name=ghilburn/> Van Thyn, who met Williams at Louisiana Tech in the fall of 1965, penned a well-written on his blog to salute the career of his friend, noting that the [[cancer]], which took Williams' life, was a much tougher opponent than a football team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nvanthyn.blogspot.com/2018/03/butch-williams-life-has-been-one-of.html|title=Once a Knight: Butch Williams' life has been one of achievement|author=Nico Van Thyn|publisher=Nvanthyn.blogspot.com|date=March 20, 2018|accessdate=March 26, 2018}}</ref>  

At Louisiana Tech, Williams met his wife, the former Karen "Ki" Marlowe of Mangham in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana. The couple wed on April 3, 1969, and had have three sons, W. W. "Trey" Williams, III, of Baton Rouge, Christopher Marlowe "Chris" Williams of Minden, and Gregory Kyle "Greg" Williams of [[Shreveport]], and six grandchildren. Williams died after more than a ten year battle with cancer at the age of seventy. Services were held at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Minden on March 25, 2018, with pastor Leland Crawford officiating. Burial followed in Gardens of Memory Cemetery, also the resting place of his parents.<ref name=obit/>

At Louisiana Tech, Williams met his wife, the former Karen "Ki" Marlowe of Mangham in Richland Parish in northeastern Louisiana. The couple wed on April 3, 1969, and had have three sons, W. W. "Trey" Williams, III, of Baton Rouge, Christopher Marlowe "Chris" Williams of Minden, and Gregory Kyle "Greg" Williams of [[Shreveport]], and six grandchildren. Williams died after more than a ten-year battle with cancer at the age of seventy. Services were held at the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church in Minden on March 25, 2018, with pastor Leland Crawford officiating. Burial followed in Gardens of Memory Cemetery, also the resting place of his parents.<ref name=obit/>

Namesake son "Trey" Williams, III, is the senior director of marketing at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge. From 2006 to 2008, he was the  the communications director for [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[U.S. Representative]] and former [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]]. From 2008 to 2014, he was communications director in the Jindal administration for the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/treywilliams3/|title=Trey Williams: Professional Profile|publisher=LinkedIn.com|accessdate=March 22, 2018}}</ref>

Namesake son "Trey" Williams, III, is the senior director of marketing at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge. From 2006 to 2008, he was the communications director for [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[U.S. Representative]] and former [[Governor]] [[Bobby Jindal]]. From 2008 to 2014, he was communications director in the Jindal administration for the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/treywilliams3/|title=Trey Williams: Professional Profile|publisher=LinkedIn.com|accessdate=March 22, 2018}}</ref>

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