Services planned for Sheriff Larry Williams

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Officers from the city of Orangeburg and surrounding counties will help provide law enforcement coverage while services are held for the late Orangeburg County Sheriff Larry Williams.

Sheriff's Office Chief Barbara Walters said that beginning Sunday night, deputies from adjoining counties will be assisting with calls for service while Orangeburg County's deputies attend services for Williams.

A three-term sheriff and 33-year law enforcement veteran, Williams passed away at a Columbia hospital on Tuesday. He was 53.

The viewing for Williams will be held on Sunday at Simmons Funeral Home on Russell Street from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Williams family will receive guests at the funeral home from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. will conduct its private memorial service at 6 p.m.

Funeral services will be held on at 11 a.m. Monday at the South Atlantic Conference Worship Center of the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Highway 4. Williams will be placed in the church for viewing at 9 a.m. Burial will follow at St. Matthews Baptist Church at 6710 Johnston Ave. in Reevesville.

Deputies from Aiken, Dorchester, Lexington, Calhoun and Bamberg counties, as well as officers from the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety and South Carolina State University Police Department will be on duty in Orangeburg County during the services.

Walters said the incoming officers have full legal jurisdiction to answer all calls for service.

Orangeburg County deputies will be back on full duty by Tuesday morning.

If anyone has any questions, they can contact the Sheriff's Office at 803-534-3550.

Memorials can be made to The Larry D. Williams Scholarship Fund, in care of the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office Foundation, at South Carolina Federal Credit Union, 1174 Boulevard Street, Orangeburg, S.C., 29115 or South Carolina Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 190012, North Charleston, S.C. 29419-9012

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Barbara Walters is the Sheriff's Office Chief?