Williams, Joshua Paul A student at Charleston Southern University in South Carolina, he died at 3:38 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, at East Jefferson Hospital in Metairie. He was 22 and a lifelong resident of Baton Rouge. Visiting at Lawson-Rollins Purple Shield Funeral Home in Gonzales was on Friday, Jan. 19, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Religious service at Bethany World Prayer Center South on Saturday, Jan. 20, at noon, conducted by Owen McManus Jr., pastor. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. He is survived by his mother and father, Deborah and Jimmy D. Williams Sr.; five sisters, Demetria Morgan, Joanna and Alicia Williams, and Amber and Autumn Hastings; three brothers, Jimmie "Duke" II and wife Christie Williams, Aaron and Andrea Williams; grandmother, Ruby P. Howard; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Rosalind B. Williams.

Published in The Advocate from January 19 to January 20, 2007