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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Nathaniel Williams of Dallas, who passed away on April 10, 2007; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Born and raised in Waco, Mr. Williams graduated from |
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A. J. Moore High School in 1954 and earned a bachelor's degree from |
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Wiley College and a master's degree from Texas A&M University; he |
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began his career as a teacher and coach in Terrell before moving to |
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Dallas in 1960; he served as a basketball coach for M. B. Lamar and |
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William Brown Miller Elementary Schools and Oliver Wendell Holmes |
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Middle School, leading a number of teams to the city championships; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Williams went on to serve area schoolchildren as |
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an administrator with the Dallas Independent School District for |
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many years, beginning with a tenure as the assistant principal of |
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Pearl C. Anderson Middle School; he completed the Mott Institute |
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Community School Leadership Program and later established the first |
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community education program in Texas; before his retirement in |
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1994, he served as director of the district's Adult Basic Education |
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Program; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to his professional achievements, Mr. |
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Williams was active in his community as a commissioner of the |
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Comanche District of the Circle Ten Council of the Boy Scouts of |
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America, and his contributions earned him scouting's highest honor, |
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the Silver Beaver Award; a valued congregant of St. Elizabeth |
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Catholic Church, he also shared his time with the Connecting Link of |
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Trinity Chapter of The Links, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, and |
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the alumni associations of Wiley College and Texas A&M University; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was a devoted husband and loving |
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father; he shared 43 years of marriage with his wife, Ann Ferrell |
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Williams, and the couple were blessed with a daughter, Angelia |
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Nicole, who was said to be the apple of her father's eye; and |
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WHEREAS, To all his endeavors, Nathaniel Williams brought an |
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unshakeable integrity, a boundless capacity for hard work, and a |
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profound desire to make a positive difference in the lives of |
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others, and he will long be fondly remembered by the countless |
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people whom he inspired; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature herby pay tribute to the life of Nathaniel Williams and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Ann Ferrell Williams; to his daughter, Angelia Nicole Williams; to |
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his brothers, Carl E. Williams, Don A. Williams and his wife, |
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Cheryl, Gerald Williams, and Phillip Williams; to his |
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sisters-in-law, Bell Williams, Andora Mitchell, Mary Sampson, |
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Loretta Hatcher, and Ruby Sanders; to his brothers-in-law, Clarence |
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Ferrell, Samuel Ferrell and his wife, Dorothy, Benjamin Ferrell, |
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Joe Louis Ferrell, and Willie Ferrell and his wife, Freda; to his |
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godchildren, Davita and Fredrick Lister; and to his other relatives |
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and many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Nathaniel |
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Williams. |