Randy Edward Williams

Randy Edward Williams was born on June 25, 1953, and passed away on September 27, 2025.

Family

Mother: Clara Morris Myers (b. Sept. 1, 1926, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming), daughter of Arthur Ervin Myers of Waterloo, Iowa, and Alma Edith Crain of Macon City, Missouri. 

Father: Walter George Williams (b. Jan. 8, 1925, Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa; d. Oct. 20, 2015, Cheyenne, Wyoming). 

Walter’s lineage traces back through:

Walter Williams of Caroltown, Missouri 

George T. Williams, coal miner of Louisville, Kentucky 

George Luther Williams II of Giles County, Virginia 

George Luther Williams of Giles County, Virginia 

George Henry Williams of Long Shop, Virginia 

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm (“Henry Williams”), who arrived in Philadelphia on Sept. 16, 1738, aboard the Queen Elizabeth 

Hans Valentine Wilhelm of Finkenbach, Germany 

Phillip Wilhelm von Sachsen of Finkenbach, Germany 

Siblings

Brothers: Paul Williams, Steven Williams 

Sisters: Judy Dishman, Janet Kienker, Joaine Gonzales, Jennifer Hernandez 

Life

Randy grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he spent his youth shooting rifles in the open fields. Adventurous and free-spirited, he left high school early to take up welding work on ski lifts. 

He bought a 1957 Chevy coupe—only to wreck it within the first week. Undeterred, he purchased a school bus, painted it with flowers, and christened it the Montrose Traveling Jug Band. With it, he picked up hitchhikers, lived the spirit of the era, and once drove the bus to Las Vegas, where he found himself lounging at a mansion. 

Randy met Connie Lee Allen, married her, and together they moved to White Salmon, Washington. There, on Snowden Road, they built a home and raised two sons, Jonathan and Jason. 

A man of many trades, Randy worked as a welder in the winter months. In the summers, he chased his dream of striking it rich, mining for gold at his Lucky Break Gold Mine in Washington State. He sold the mine for $1 million in stock options, which, when vested, amounted to only $15,000. Never one to quit, Randy later acquired the Connor Creek Gold Mine in Oregon.