Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Julia Lentz Williams at Homer First Baptist Church, 406 West Main Street, Homer, LA on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 11:00 AM with Brother Brian Thurman officiating. Interment will follow at Arlington Cemetery in Homer, LA. The family will receive friends at the church from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Julia was born March 9, 1931 in Tallulah, LA to Jeter Jordan Rice and Emma Lee Batchler. She went to meet her Lord and Savior on Friday, April 15, 2022 with her family by her side. Her faith and service to the Lord included teaching Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) groups and various church bible study classes. When she lived in Houston, she was a member of the Straight Path Sunday School class at Second Baptist Church. In Homer, she attended First Baptist Church of Homer.
Julia earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Home Economics at LSU where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She met her first husband, Billy Joe Lentz, at LSU. They traveled with Bill's work and lived overseas with their three children.
She loved to travel around the world. Some of the highlights of her travels included her trip to the Holy Land and being baptized in the Jordan River; taking her children and grandchildren back to Paris, France and Thessaloniki, Greece where her family had lived; and a trip to China with her daughter, Dottie.
In Homer, she belonged to the Athens Garden Club, Homer Garden Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, and also served on the American Cancer Society Board.
In Houston, she married her second husband, O'Banion Williams, Jr. She was welcomed and loved by the Williams family. She cherished her time with O.B.'s children and grandchildren.
Julia was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Billy Joe Lentz; and her second husband, O'Banion Williams, Jr.; her sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Clyde Guthrie; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Anna Rice; and her grandson, Patrick James Harris.
Julia was born March 9, 1931 in Tallulah, LA to Jeter Jordan Rice and Emma Lee Batchler. She went to meet her Lord and Savior on Friday, April 15, 2022 with her family by her side. Her faith and service to the Lord included teaching Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) groups and various church bible study classes. When she lived in Houston, she was a member of the Straight Path Sunday School class at Second Baptist Church. In Homer, she attended First Baptist Church of Homer.
Julia earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Home Economics at LSU where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She met her first husband, Billy Joe Lentz, at LSU. They traveled with Bill's work and lived overseas with their three children.
She loved to travel around the world. Some of the highlights of her travels included her trip to the Holy Land and being baptized in the Jordan River; taking her children and grandchildren back to Paris, France and Thessaloniki, Greece where her family had lived; and a trip to China with her daughter, Dottie.
In Homer, she belonged to the Athens Garden Club, Homer Garden Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, and also served on the American Cancer Society Board.
In Houston, she married her second husband, O'Banion Williams, Jr. She was welcomed and loved by the Williams family. She cherished her time with O.B.'s children and grandchildren.
Julia was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Billy Joe Lentz; and her second husband, O'Banion Williams, Jr.; her sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Clyde Guthrie; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Anna Rice; and her grandson, Patrick James Harris.
Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Julia Lentz Williams at Homer First Baptist Church, 406 West Main Street, Homer, LA on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 11:00 AM with Brother Brian Thurman officiating. Interment will follow at Arlington Cemetery in Homer, LA. The family will receive friends at the church from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM.
Julia was born March 9, 1931 in Tallulah, LA to Jeter Jordan Rice and Emma Lee Batchler. She went to meet her Lord and Savior on Friday, April 15, 2022 with her family by her side. Her faith and service to the Lord included teaching Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) groups and various church bible study classes. When she lived in Houston, she was a member of the Straight Path Sunday School class at Second Baptist Church. In Homer, she attended First Baptist Church of Homer.
Julia earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Home Economics at LSU where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She met her first husband, Billy Joe Lentz, at LSU. They traveled with Bill's work and lived overseas with their three children.
She loved to travel around the world. Some of the highlights of her travels included her trip to the Holy Land and being baptized in the Jordan River; taking her children and grandchildren back to Paris, France and Thessaloniki, Greece where her family had lived; and a trip to China with her daughter, Dottie.
In Homer, she belonged to the Athens Garden Club, Homer Garden Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, and also served on the American Cancer Society Board.
In Houston, she married her second husband, O'Banion Williams, Jr. She was welcomed and loved by the Williams family. She cherished her time with O.B.'s children and grandchildren.
Julia was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Billy Joe Lentz; and her second husband, O'Banion Williams, Jr.; her sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Clyde Guthrie; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Anna Rice; and her grandson, Patrick James Harris.
Julia was born March 9, 1931 in Tallulah, LA to Jeter Jordan Rice and Emma Lee Batchler. She went to meet her Lord and Savior on Friday, April 15, 2022 with her family by her side. Her faith and service to the Lord included teaching Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) groups and various church bible study classes. When she lived in Houston, she was a member of the Straight Path Sunday School class at Second Baptist Church. In Homer, she attended First Baptist Church of Homer.
Julia earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Home Economics at LSU where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. She met her first husband, Billy Joe Lentz, at LSU. They traveled with Bill's work and lived overseas with their three children.
She loved to travel around the world. Some of the highlights of her travels included her trip to the Holy Land and being baptized in the Jordan River; taking her children and grandchildren back to Paris, France and Thessaloniki, Greece where her family had lived; and a trip to China with her daughter, Dottie.
In Homer, she belonged to the Athens Garden Club, Homer Garden Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, and also served on the American Cancer Society Board.
In Houston, she married her second husband, O'Banion Williams, Jr. She was welcomed and loved by the Williams family. She cherished her time with O.B.'s children and grandchildren.
Julia was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Billy Joe Lentz; and her second husband, O'Banion Williams, Jr.; her sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy and Clyde Guthrie; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Anna Rice; and her grandson, Patrick James Harris.
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