Eli Joseph Williams

ON JUNE 23, 2934, A DETERMINE BABY BOY WAS BORN TO FELIX AND VICTORINE WILLIAMS IN CARENCRO, LOUSIANA. THEY TENDERLY NAMED ELI JOSEPH WILLIAMS. AT AN EARLY AGRE, HE ACCEPTED CHRIST AND FOLLOWED ALL THE ORDINANCE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF ST. FRANCIS CATHOLIC CHURCH. ELI WAS A PROUD GRADUATE OF BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL. HE LATER PRESUED A CAREER IN HIS PASSION, ELECTRONICS. WELL AHEAD HE BECAME AN ENGINEERING TECHINICIAN AT NASA-JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.

HE UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO VERLEE SENEGAL ON DECEMBER 19, 1954. TO THIS UNION THEY WERE BLESSED WITH 6 CHILDREN, BRENDA, DAVID, LISA, CHRIS, CRAIG, AND KAREN. THEY ADOPTED 1 SON, CLARENCE AND HELP RAISED 2 GRANDCHILDREN TRACY AND MARCUS. ELI EMBODIED ALL THE QUALITIES OF A HARD WORKING MAN. HE GAVE THE GIFT OF WISDOM AND STRENGTH TO THOSE PRIVY OF KNOWING HIM. ELI ENJOYED COUNTRY LIVING, RAISING COWS, FIXING THINGS, AND HIS JOHN DEER.

HE KEPT HIS FAITH AND FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT UNTIL HE WAS CALLED HOME TO RECEIVE HIS WINGS ON OCTOBER 4, 2021. PRECEDING HIM IN DEATH WIFE, VERLEE WILLIAMS; DAUGHTER, BRENDA HUDSON; SON, DAVID WILLIAMS; GRANDSON, DARWYNE JR; PARENTS, FELIX AND VICTORINE WILLIAMS; BROTHER, LEROY WILLIAMS; SISTERS ANITA WILLIAMS, NONA WILLIAMS, THERESA KEY AND VIRGIE SIMIEN; MATERNAL IN-LAWS, AND WALLACE AND EDNA SENEGAL.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY CHILDREN: MICHAEL HUDSON, LISA SIMPSON (RICKEY), CHRIS WILLIAMS, CRAIG WILLIAMS (SHANTEL), KAREN GREEN (CRAIG), CLARENCE GRAHAM (MARIA), HIS GRANDCHILDREN HE HELPED RAISED, MARCUS HUDSON (KELLY) AND TRACY HUDSON. HIS SISTERS MARGARET GAINES AND RITA WHITE (LEE). A SPECIAL NIECE, JEAN ARCENEAUX (CLARENCE), 23 GRANDCHILDREN, 21 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GODCHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, HIS 5 SISTER IN LAWS, 3 BROTHER IN LAS AND A HOST OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.