Shannon Williams

Shannon Calvin "Ace" Williams (aged 45) was a New Orleans-area man whose life left a quiet mark on family and community. Professionally, Shannon worked as an electrician for Northshore Electric Inc., a role that reflected a practical skillset and a commitment to steady, useful work. He appears in a family-authorized funeral notice as a son, companion and father — roles that anchored him in the lives of relatives and children.

Those published family details list Shannon as the son of Geneva “Betty” Smith Casimier and Cleveland Williams, Sr., and name a circle of brothers, step-parents, grandchildren and close friends who survived him. He is described as the devoted companion of Deanglia “Pinkey” Gaines and the father of Shannon Joshua Simmons, Zechariah Shannon Williams and Sage Saleaki Williams. The notice also names other family members and long-standing friendships that helped shape his life, and it indicates connections to several local churches and communities in the New Orleans area.

Shannon’s work as an electrician, mentioned in the funeral notice, suggests a life shaped by reliable labor and practical service to others. The funeral notice invited coworkers and students and staff from nearby schools and institutions to remember him, indicating that his presence reached beyond immediate family into workplaces and local school communities.

Public records and local reporting connected with this database entry indicate that Shannon was found fatally wounded in early December 2015 in the Algiers area of New Orleans and was taken to a hospital where he died. There is a discrepancy in published dates: the family/funeral notice records Shannon Calvin Williams’s departure as Tuesday, December 1, 2015, while the memorial database record being used here lists the date of death as December 2, 2015. Because the formal family notice is dated and names many relatives and community ties, those personal details form the basis of this remembrance; the small disagreement in calendar date is noted respectfully and transparently.

Beyond the facts that appear in public records and the funeral notice, little additional personal detail is available in reliable public sources. That scarcity does not diminish the reality that Shannon was a person with family, work, and community connections. He is remembered here by name, by the roles he held in his family and workplace, and by the human presence those roles imply: a son, a companion, a father, and a skilled worker whose everyday life mattered to those around him.