Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Wednesday, February 11, 2004

BUFORD ALBERT WILLIAMS

Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Ruston, LA

Funeral services for Buford Albert Williams will be 2:00 PM, Thursday, February 12, 2004, at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Dr. Michael Hawley. Interment will follow at Pines Memorial Gardens. Family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM, Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at the funeral home.

Buford Albert Williams passed away on February 9, 2004, at Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston, LA following a brief battle with colon cancer. He was 79. Mr. Williams was born in Downsville, LA on February 26, 1924, to Arthur Lamar and Mattie Rebecca Robinson Williams. In 1949, he married Irene Baggarly, and in 1951 they had one son, James Michael ``Mike'' Williams.

Mr. Williams was preceded in death by both wife and son.

A longtime resident of Ruston, Mr. Williams was a boiler operator and had retired from Chevron Oil Company (Hico Plant) and Louisiana Tech University power plant. Most recently, Mr. Williams resided in Alpine Guest Care where he was known for his singing of old songs like ``Ole Buttermilk Sky'' and for his storytelling, especially his memories of people and events in rural North Louisiana.

Mr. Williams is survived by his beloved grandson Christopher Paul Williams of Ruston and Chris's mother Rebecca McGinnis Williams of Shreveport. To his family and friends, Mr. Williams was known as ``Pop'' and will always be remembered as being ``10 feet tall and bullet-proof.''

The family would like to thank Drs. Christa Mars, Jill Bordelon, and Sean McIntire and the staff at Alpine Guest Care, Green Clinic chemo lab, and Lincoln General Hospital progressive care unit for their care and compassion.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the American Cancer Society.