Williams, William R. "Bill"

Services for Bill Williams, 76, of Longview will be 4 p.m. Wednesday, September 5, 2007, 
in the chapel of Rader Funeral Home. The Rev. Steve Cochran will be officiating. Burial 
will follow in Rosewood Park. Services are under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of 
Longview. Mr. Williams passed away August 31, 2007, at a local nursing home.

The family will receive friends Tuesday, September 4, from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home.

Bill was born November 27, 1930, in Hope, Ark., to Alva Seth and Inez Elam Williams. Bill 
graduated from Hope High School in Hope and attended Henderson State University in 
Arkadelphia, Ark., and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

Mr. Williams worked as a salesman most of his life, but in 1986 he became disabled. He 
had many surgeries and hospital stays but was always courageous and fought to live. He 
was a loving husband, father and grandfather. Bill was a member of Macedonia Baptist 
Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother, Thomas Carol Williams.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of more than 49 years, Eddie Williams of 
Longview; two daughters and their husbands, Kara Lisa and Mike Ashford of Crowley, Texas, 
and Teresa and Les Price of Longview; four grandsons, Justin and Drew Ashford and Sean 
and Seth Price; and two brothers, Alvah S. Williams of San Antonio, Texas, and Bob 
Williams of Fort Worth, Texas.

A memorial guestbook may be signed online at www.raderfh.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 9/2/2007.