Las Cruces Daily Digest Friday, September 11, 2026
Ty's Take
Thomas Ocie Williams was the kind of man you see at the feed store or the courthouse, the ones who show up and do the work without much fanfare. He's gone now, and that leaves a hole in Doña Ana County that won't fill easy. We don't always stop to mark what we lose until it's already past, until the chairs at the coffee shop sit a little emptier. The Bulletin has his story today if you want the details, but the real news is the one that doesn't make the paper: another neighbor gone, another thread come loose from the fabric of this place.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Thomas Ocie Williams, 78, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, passed away on June 22, 2026, after a career as a playwright and actor with Agatha's A Taste of Mystery in Atlanta from 1988 to 2005. His wife Barbara Louis Williams will host a Celebration of Life for Tom on October 18 at 3 p.m. at the Sunset...
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