Rodger C. Williams

Graveside funeral services for Rodger C. Williams, age 83 of Columbia, will be held at 2 PM, Sunday, January 30, 2022, at Randall Cemetery in Aimwell, LA under the direction of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia, LA. 

Rodger C. Williams, age 83, was born April 29, 1938, at Harrisonburg, LA to the union of his parents, Grover Cleveland Williams and Addie Sanson Williams, and he passed from this life January 20, 2022, at Haven Nursing Center in Columbia after an extended illness. Rodger worked as a riverboat captain for many years. He was a typical Louisiana outdoorsman who learned to hunt and fish at a young age. He was preceded in death by his father, G. C. Williams; mother, Addie Williams Routon; daughter, Rhonda Williams McDaniel; son, G. C. Williams; and his wife, Evelyn Prudhomme Williams. 

Those left to cherish his memory are his son, Justin Lynn Williams (Karen); brother, Wayne Williams (Patty); sister, Dianne G. Gill; grandchildren: Emilie McDaniel, Evelyn Steinacher (Chris), Jada Williams, Jana Dawson, Jessica Williams, Sean Williams, Ryan Williams, and Kathleen Williams; as well as, numerous great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.