Las Cruces Daily Digest Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Ty's Take
Thomas Ocie Williams is gone, which means another piece of this valley's working history walks out the door. The Bulletin didn't run much, just the name and the basics, the way it goes sometimes when a man lived quiet and kept his business his own. But that's how Las Cruces works. We know who mattered by who shows up at the service, not by column inches. Whoever he was to his family and his neighbors, he left a mark that the people around him will carry longer than any newspaper will.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Thomas Ocie Williams, 78, passed away on June 22, 2026, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, after a career as a playwright and actor with Agatha's A Taste of Mystery in Atlanta from 1988 to 2005. Known for his distinctive sense of humor, Williams will be remembered by his wife Barbara Louis Williams, who is...
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