Obituaries for DECEMBER 2005; Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

Submitted by Louis Lavedan.

Source: The Lafourche Daily Comet

Last modified: 24 Dec 2005


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December 09. 2005 2:34PM

Lawrence Williams Jr.

Lawrence "Sam" Williams Jr., 74, a native and resident of Napoleonville,
died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, at his home.

Visitation will be 2 to 4:30 p.m. today at Williams and Southall Funeral
Home and from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Beautiful Zion Baptist Church,
with burial in the church cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Hester Jupiter Williams; sons Donald Jupiter
Sr. of Plattenville and Nathaniel Jupiter of Morgan City; daughters
Patricia Jupiter of Thibodaux and Sheila Taylor of Houston; brother
Hannibal Williams of Fort Worth, Texas; sister Yvonne W. Sherman of
Baton Rouge; 10 grandchildren; three great- grandchildren; and nieces,
nephews, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence and Alice Johnson
Williams; and sisters Bernadette W. James and Gail Williams.

He was a former police chief and mayor of Napoleonville.

Williams and Southall Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.