Gloria J Williams

Gloria was a native of Rambin, Louisiana. She was a nurse in the Shreveport VA hospital before starting a family. She and her husband moved several times around Texas and Louisiana before settling in Big Woods. They raised their children in the Big Woods/Vinton area. In 1999 she moved to Sulphur. Before her illness, she was an active member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and Catholic Daughters. Gloria was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who had a love for animals, sewing and dancing.

Survivors include her seven children, Dale Williams and wife Georgia of Kingwood, Texas, Stanley Williams and wife Vicky of Hemphill, Texas, Sid Williams and wife Janelle of Etoile, Texas, Bryan Williams and wife Charlotte of Dayton, Texas, Gail Bagwell and husband Richard of Winnfield, Deborah Fox of Sulphur, and Rhonda King and husband Gary of Sulphur; Brothers, Danny Rambin of Mansfield and Joseph Stanley "Buck" Rambin of Shreveport; sisters, Margie Stites of Glendale, Arizona and Chena Robbins of Oxford, Louisiana; seventeen grandchildren - John Williams, Melanie St. Pierre Fruge', Amy St. Pierre McDonald, Michele Williams, Ryan Williams, Mark Adrian Conrad, Marcy Conrad Watson, Megan Conrad Callahan, Jessica Conrad Williamson, Nick Williams, Sarah Williams Hanks, Gwen Williams Hebert, Bryan Kyle Williams, Katie King Welch, Cody King, Clayton King, Chris King; and twenty-three great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Williams, brothers, Glen, Tom, Paul, Damon, Marcel, and “Hootie” Rambin; and two grandchildren, Mark Christopher St. Pierre and Kym Nicole Williams.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Monday, June 23 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Vinton. The Rev. Susil Fernando will officiate. Visitation will be held in Hixson-Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home on Sunday, 1 - 8 pm. with a Rosary at 6 p.m., and will resume Monday at 8 am until 10 a.m. Interment will follow in Big Woods Cemetery of Edgerly. Serving as pallbearer will be her grandsons, John Williams, Ryan Williams, Jacob Fruge, Nick Williams, Kyle Williams, Cody King, Clayton King and Christopher King. Honorary pallbearers will be Bob Lewis, Harold St. Pierre, Adrian Conrad, Frank Conrad, and Richard Bagwell. Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.hixsonfuneralhomes.com.