Logan Williams remembered prior to DH with Pearl River

On Saturday, the Holmes Community College Bulldogs invited the family of the late Logan Williams to be their honored guests for the doubleheader with Pearl River, and the family threw out the ceremonial first pitch to remember Williams.

Williams, a 2024 Kossuth graduate and the son of Jason and Stephanie Williams, had signed a national letter of intent to play baseball for the Bulldogs but tragically died in an automobile accident on July 16 just weeks before the 2024 Fall semester began at Holmes CC. The Holmes CC baseball program donated all proceeds from Saturday's games to the Williams family.

As the family made their way to the pitching mound for the first pitch, the following message was read: "Today we honor the life of Logan Williams. Logan was a standout baseball player at Kossuth High School and had accepted an offer to continue playing baseball at Holmes. This past summer Logan was tragically taken from this life in a car accident. Logan was a young man who had a pure heart, a vibrant smile, and the ability to make all feel welcome. Today we can celebrate the fact that Logan is in his eternal home, in Heaven. Logan's legacy will live on for a very long time, as will the call for family and friends to 'Lead Like Logan'.

"'Lead Like Logan' are not just three words thrown out to honor this young man. They are a testament to the way Logan lived his life. They are a call to build others up. They are a call to put others before yourself. They are a call to live life in a way that others can see sincerity in your words and the pureness of your heart. They are a call to let others see Jesus through your daily life. Logan will be remembered for the great things he did athletically, but more importantly Logan will be remembered for the person he was and the impact he made on others. At this time, please join me in welcoming the Williams family as they take the mound to throw out today's first pitch."

Bulldog centerfielder Sam Roy of Oxford caught the pitch from Williams' mom, Stephanie. Roy knew Williams from baseball in the Lafayette County area, where Williams lived before transferring to Kossuth for his junior and senior seasons. Roy presented the family with the game ball embracing them along with two representatives from Pearl River and the 2025 Bulldogs.

Along with baseball, Williams also played football for Kossuth. His dream was always to play college baseball, and he was on his way to begin that journey in August at Holmes Community College as a member of the Bulldog Baseball Team. His dad instilled the love of the game in him at the age of 5 on a baseball field at what is now MTrade Park in Oxford. Logan never met a stranger when he was on that diamond. Logan has friends and teammates from Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Ohio, all because a boy picked up a bat and a ball and fell in love. 

Williams is survived by parents, Jason and Stephanie Williams; his sisters, Anna Kate Williams, and Harper Reese Williams; his grandparents, Glen and Pasty Williams of Oxford, and Danny and Angie Russell of Corinth; his aunt, Christy Gant/Jason Parker of Hernando; and the other two people of "the core 4", his first cousins, Lauren Hailey Troxell and AJ Troxell; several great uncles, great aunts, cousins, an Aggie Community, a Commodore Community, and a host of Travel/Showcase Baseball friends and family since the age of 5. He was preceded in death by his Uncle Zac Gant of Corinth, MS.