Louis E. Williams

Funeral services for Louis E. Williams, 93 of Clinton resident will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, May 3, 2016 in the First Christian Church of Clinton, officiated by Doyle, Kinney. Burial will conclude in the Mount Hope Cemetery South of Custer City, OK under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Louis Eugene Williams was born September 27, 1922 in Dewey County Oklahoma to Lonnie Eugene Williams and Ida Irene (Loudenslager) Williams and passed Friday, April 29, 2016 at the Weatherwood Assisted Living Center, Weatherford, Oklahoma. Louis was raised on a farm West of Putnam, Oklahoma. Before graduating from Putnam High School in 1941 he had read every book in the school's library. He first became interested in electrical apparatuses as a teenager when he built a crystal radio receiver. His early electrical knowledge came from books he had read. His farm was without electricity. Louis met Clora Splawn in 1939. As a horse back courtship progressed they fell in love and were married on July 19th, 1941 in Arapaho, OK. They left Oklahoma for California two days later. Louis was 18 and Clora was 17. Travelling with another couple, they slept beside the road and after a weeklong trip they arrived and started their lives together. Louis' first job was milking cows on a dairy. They were both thrilled. They were provided with a house to live in that not only had indoor plumbing it also had a hot water heater and for the first time in their lives they were able to take baths in something other than a washtub. The house had a real bath tub. Louis later started working with a highline construction crew as a ground man. His main job was to snap material and tools to the hand lines the tower men used to pull items to the top to the towers. The ground men were called snappers. Later in life Louis became known as "Snapper" to hundreds of his fans and friends. He later worked in the shipyards, first as an electrician's helper and then as an electrician. As World War II progressed he decided to follow in his older brother's footsteps and join the Marines. Because of a heart murmur he was rejected by the Marines but was accepted by the Navy. He served aboard the USS LST 919 in the Pacific. Louis was discharged from the Navy in 1946 and just a short time later he moved his wife and his son Alvin to Clinton, OK where he started his own one man electrical contracting business. Louis devoted himself to his family, his town, and his customers. He was an avid golfer, a square dance caller, a private airplane pilot, a long time member of the Clinton Noon Lions Club, Served as a long time board member of the Riverside Golf course as well as being a member of the local veterans' organizations. Louis was a member of the First Christian Church of Clinton. He was a father his son could look up to and emulate. Louis is survived by his son Alvin Williams and wife, Robin of Clinton; grandchildren; Mark Williams and wife, Rhonda of Clinton, Cathy McDowell and husband, Ron of Dallas, Nickie Wilson and husband, Dalton of Weatherford, and Luke Williams of Clinton, Great Grandson Dustin Williams and Aya of Clinton, Great Granddaughters, September Garcia and husband, Juan of Clinton, Jessica Friedrich and her husband Mickey of Dallas Texas, Nina Baker and her husband Christopher of Wewoka, Oklahoma, Gabby Stobie and her husband Chris of Sacramento, California and eight great-great Grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, wife Clora, brothers John Williams and Glenn Williams, and daughter-in-law Patsy Williams.