{"id":431283,"date":"2026-09-10T03:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/431283\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T03:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:08:09","slug":"ndg-honors-and-remembers-b-j-williams-a-friend-and-a-pillar-of-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/431283\/","title":{"rendered":"NDG Honors and Remembers B.J. Williams, a Friend and a Pillar of the Community&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rest in Peace to a True Community Pillar: Former Garland City Councilman B.J. Williams. Garland, Texas has lost a giant.<br \/>It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Former District 4 City Councilman B.J. Williams, who passed away recently.<br \/>Mr. Williams dedicated his entire life to public service, equity, and lifting others up.<\/p>\n<p>For over a decade, he represented District 4 with unmatched integrity, thoughtful planning, and steady leadership (serving from 2012\u20132018 and again from 2020\u20132026).<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the City Council chamber, he was a champion for civil rights, serving an unprecedented eight terms as the President of the NAACP Garland Unit from 1996 to 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-103909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BillyJWilliams-Facebook-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/>Billy J. Williams (Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>He worked tirelessly to expand economic opportunities for minorities and women, and spent decades mentoring youth through his beloved Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.<\/p>\n<p>From his humble beginnings in Bossier City, Louisiana, to his 37-year career with the Social Security Administration and his monumental impact on Garland, Mr. Williams modeled what it means to lead with kindness and purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends, and the community he loved so dearly.<\/p>\n<p>His legacy will never be forgotten. Rest in peace, sir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rest in Peace to a True Community Pillar: Former Garland City Councilman B.J. Williams. Garland, Texas has lost&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-431283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}