Calcasieu County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....
Esther Houston Williams

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Lake Charles American Press
Pub Date:  15 January 2001 
 
Ester H. Williams 
 
Funeral Services for Esther Houston Williams, 96, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday,  
Jan 16, in University United Methodist Church. The Revs. Tom Howe and Henry  
Bowdon Jr. will officiate. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in Blackjack Cemetery in  
Pitkin under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home. Visitation is from 9 a.m.  
Tuesday in the church.
Mrs. Williams died at 6:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14, 2001,  in her residence. A 
native of Reids, she was a graduate of Elizabeth High  School. She attended 
Normal State College and graduated from McNeese Sate  University. She was a 
retired teacher, teaching at Kinder Elementary for 32  years and Fairview School in 
Grant for one year. She was a member of the  Louisiana Retired Teachers 
Association.
She was a member of University United  Methodist Church and its Stonerollers 
Sunday school class, the Suzannah Wesley  Circle, prayer and Bible study 
groups and United Methodist Women. She was an  honorary member of the 
Administrative Counsel. She was a past worthy matron of  the Pine Grove Chapter of the 
Order of the Eastern Star in Kinder and was a  member of Ruth Chapter Order of the 
Eastern Star in Lake Charles.
Survivors  include three sons, Monroe Edwin Williams of Vidor, Texas, 
Reginald Joseph  Williams of Pitkin and Roger Clark Williams of Lake Charles; one 
daughter, Nelva  Jean Williams Nassar-Jackson of Lake Charles; one brother, Henry 
Elbert Houston  of Pitkin; two sisters, Myrtle Houston Golemon of Lake 
Charles and Vivian  Houston Nevils of Kinder; 16 grandchildren; 39 
great-grandchildren; and 18  great-great-grandchildren.