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Ken Dean Williams, 73, of Vidor, passed away on January 4, 2021, in Houston. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 11, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Joseph Eberly. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Carthage, Texas, on July 8, 1947, he was the son of Byron Henderson Williams and Alice (Dyson) Williams. Ken was an engineer through and through and was always working on building new things. He was an outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing as well as a history buff. Ken was a generous man who lived to help others succeed in life and always kept people laughing with his jokes. His number one priority was his children and grandchildren and he never missed a moment to spend time with them. Ken left an impact on many lives and will be dearly missed by those who knew and loved him. He was preceded in death by his father, Byron Williams; brother in law, Bobby Cooper, and sister in law, Cathy Williams. He is survived by his mother, Alice Williams; children, Shae White of Orange, Austin Williams also of Orange, Travis Williams and wife Pam of Bridge City, and Samantha Eberly and husband Joseph of Sidney, Iowa; grandchildren Tabbatha Lenard; Avery Williams, Emma Williams, Reid White, Gavin Williams, Isaiah Eberly and Hannah Eberly; siblings, Mike Williams and wife Charlene, Rob Williams, Glenda Cooper, and Butch Williams and wife Brenda; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and other loving family and friends.