Joseph Williams

July 25, 1943 ~ May 25, 2023

Kaplan — Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 2, 2023 at New Beginnings Primitive Baptist Church honoring the life of Joseph Williams, 79, who died Thursday, May 25, 2023 at Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center. He will be laid to rest at Shiloh Baptist Cemetery with Pastor Ernest Williams III officiating the services.
Mr. Williams was a Veteran of the United States. Army.
He is survived by his two sisters, Mary Soloman of Kaplan and Ann Williams of Kaplan; his three brothers, Stanley Williams and his wife, Debby of Kaplan, Anthony Williams, Sr. of Kaplan and Edward C. Williams, Sr. and his wife, Damita of Milton, FL; his aunt, Rosa Hunter Smith of Destrehan, LA; and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest Williams, Sr. and the former Elizabeth Hunter; his two brothers, Kenneth Williams and John Allen Williams; his two stepbrothers, Ernest Williams, Jr. and Leo Williams; his sister, Elizabeth W. Rudd; his stepsister, Edna Olivia Williams; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at New Beginnings Primitive Baptist Church, 622 E. Veterans Memorial Drive, on Friday, June 2, 2023 from 9 a.m. until the time of the services at 11 a.m.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Kaplan, (337) 643-7276. Condolences may be sent to the Williams family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.