Retired Judge Richard B. Williams, 91, 10th Judicial District Court, died on April 4, 2001, just over a month after his 91st birthday. He earned his undergraduate degree at Northwestern State University in 1930, his LLB degree at Tulane University School of Law in 1933 and his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law in 1969. He was a 1967 graduate of the National College of State Trial Judges. He was in the private practice of law from 1933 until 1966 which was interrupted from August 1942 until December 1945 for service in the Navy during World War II, where he achieved the rank of Commander. He took his first oath of office at the 10th JDC on October 1, 1966 and served there until his retirement on October 1, 1980. He was assigned to the Second Circuit Court of Appeal from 1969-1970 and again in 1973.