Las Cruces Daily Digest Sunday, October 11, 2026
Ty's Take
Thomas Ocie Williams, who passed this week at 89, spent most of his life around Las Cruces and knew this valley the way people know their own hands. The Bulletin's notice doesn't tell us much beyond the basics, but that's often how it goes with the ones who've been here longest. They're woven into the place so thoroughly that a single paragraph can't hold what they meant to a community. Williams was the kind of neighbor you notice when he's gone, the kind whose name shows up in fifty different contexts if you ask around long enough. This town runs on people like that, the steady ones who didn't need fanfare, just knew where things needed doing.
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Las Cruces Bulletin
Thomas Ocie Williams, 78, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, passed away on June 22, 2026, leaving behind a legacy as a playwright and actor who performed at Agatha's A Taste of Mystery in Atlanta from 1988 to 2005. Known for his infectious sense of humor, Williams will be remembered at a Celebration of...
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