Thomas Loran Williams

Funeral services for Mr. Thomas Loran Williams, 88, of Vidalia, LA will be 10 AM Monday, September 12, 2016 at Young’s Funeral Home Chapel- Ferriday, LA with Rev. Dennis Baker officiating, internment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery-Natchez, MS with full Military Honors. Visitation will be 5-8 PM Sunday, September 11, 2016 at the funeral home, under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home-Ferriday. Mr. Williams a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church passed away, Thursday, September 8, 2016 at his residence surrounded by his family. Mr. Thomas was a World War II Army Airforce Veteran serving as a tail gunner in the 9 th Battalion. He worked for Exxon Mobil for 32 years as a Solar Specialist before retiring 38 years ago. He and Earline were married in Goldsboro, Texas, July 3, 1949, he loved hunting, fishing and gardening. A simple man but a great story teller, he was a loving man that really loved his wife, children, and especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents William Rutledge Williams and Drucilla Harris Williams, a son, Jimmie Loran Williams, Sr.; a granddaughter, Loran Elizabeth Williams and an Infant Baby brother. He is survived by his wife of 67 years Earline Click Williams of Vidalia, LA, daughters, Alana W. Braley and husband Tony of Vidalia, LA and Becky Gray and husband Eric of Ferriday, LA, daughter-in-law Carlene Williams of Prairieville, LA; grandchildren, Jimmie Loran Williams, Jr., Nathan Rutledge Williams and his wife Donna, Travis Lee Williams, Shana Bray and her husband Jason, John Thomas Braley and wife Bobbi, Brandon Ray Smith and his wife Melaine, Blake Karrington Smith and his wife Amelia, Jessicca Cochran and husband Ben, Bo – ty Gray and Maggie Gray; 16 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Brandon Smith, Blake Smith, Becky Gray, Nathan Williams, Travis Williams and Jimmie L. Williams, Jr. Honorary Pallbearers will be John Braley, Zachary Williams, Austin Williams, Tyler Williams Jamous Bray and Bo – ty Gray. The family would like to give special thanks to the Nurses Anna Laura Orr and Jessie Knight Creel of Camelia Hospice, his sitters Geraldine Jefferson, Erin Headricks and Irene Jefferson.

Thomas Loran Williams

January 25, 1928 - September 8, 2016