The second born of twin boys, Larry Gene Williams, was born on Jan. 6, 1949, to Orville and Luzella (Gutscher) Williams in Superior, Nebraska.

He grew up on the farm near Burr Oak, Kansas, where he attended school. Larry graduated from Burr Oak High School with the Class of 1969. Following graduation, he attended North Central Kansas Vocational Technical School in Beloit, Kansas, studying production agriculture.

Larry worked various jobs including farming, Mid-America Cheese plant and Dubuque Packing Company, before leaving Kansas in the late 1970s. He lived and worked in Arizona, Oklaho...