Hundreds gathered in Algiers Tuesday morning to pay their final respects to a longtime principal, educator, coach, and community leader.
Shan P. Williams Sr. was laid to rest on Tuesday.
He served as principal at more than half a dozen schools, most notably at L.B. Landry and O. Perry Walker High Schools in Algiers, where he mentored several generations of educators and launched the careers of dozens of high school and college coaches…