Las Cruces Daily Digest Sunday, October 04, 2026
Ty's Take
Thomas Ocie Williams was a fixture in this valley for ninety-three years, the kind of man who showed up and did the work without needing anybody to throw him a parade about it. He's gone now, and that matters to the people who knew him, which in a town like Las Cruces means it matters to more folks than you'd guess. A life lived long and steady in one place becomes part of the place itself, woven into the way things work and the way neighbors look after neighbors. We'll remember him that way.
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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 the Sunset Grill at...
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