Luenda Elvira Williams was born to Harriet Williams and Arlington Jacobs on October 28, 1958 in the beautiful island of St. Vincent, West Indies. She has one younger sister, Beth Williams. Luenda would grow up close to her grandparents, aunts and cousins. She later migrated to the United States and married her husband of 33 years, Thaddeus Da Silva. Together they bore Dwight and twins Erik and Derek. They have two grandchildren Elijah and Eriana.
She loved her family dearly and was a baptized member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Every Sabbath evening as the sun would set, Luenda could be found worshiping together with whoever was under the roof of her home. She regularly attended the Houston International SDA Church.
Luenda earned her Masters degree in Business Administration and paralegal certification, and began her successful career working for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in New York, before relocating to Texas in 1993 where she worked for the Texas Resource Center providing legal services for underrepresented death row inmates. Luenda would later go on to work for Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP and the Houston Housing Authority.
In her spare time, Luenda enjoyed gardening, cooking and spending time with her grandchildren. She leaves behind a legacy of caring for others and a devotion to God and family.
“Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.”
Psalm 30:5
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