ON MARCH 13, 1961, IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, CHARLES AND IMOGENE WILLIAMS JOYFULLY WELCOMED THEIR SON, CHRIS DEWAYNE WILLIAMS.  FROM A YOUNG AGE, CHRIS DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO GOD. HE ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN GALVESTON, INCLUDING CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND PROUDLY GRADUATED FROM BALL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1979. 

FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL, CHRIS ATTENDED TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND WORKED AS A BARTENDER AT HIS FAMILY'S  OWNED BUSINESS, THE VAGABOND CLUB. AFTERWARD, HE HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, SERVING AT THE RETRIEVE UNIT AND HOSPITAL GALVESTON WHERE HE WORKED AS A DEDICATED SARGEANT IN THE FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND RETIRED AFTER 25 YEARS. 

IN AUGUST 1986, CHRIS MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, THERESA WILLIAMS.  THEY WERE BLESSED WITH TWO CHILDREN: THEIR SON, CHRISTOPHER D. WILLIAMS JR. AND LATER, THEIR DAUGHTER,  KRISTEN L. WILLIAMS. 

CHRIS'S WARM AND FRIENDLY NATURE LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION ON EVERYONE HE MET. HIS PASSIONS WERE FISHING, BUILDING, AND COLLECTING MODEL CARS, AND HE WAS HIGHLY SKILLED AT REPAIRING ANYTHING WITH HIS HANDS. ACADEMICALLY GIFTED , HE EXCELLED IN SCHOOL, EARNING STRAIGHT A'S. AS A YOUTH HE PLAYED LITTLE LEAGUE FOOTBALL, EARNING NUMEROUS TROPHIES. HE WAS FAST ENOUGH TO OUT RUN VINCENT COURVILLE, THE TOP TRACK STAR OF HIS TIME. HE PLAYED BASKETBALL AT CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, LEADING HIS TEAM TO AN UNDEFEATED SEASON. DURING THE ERA OF THE AFROS CHRIS SHOWCASED HIS CREATIVITY BY BRAIDING HIS OWN HAIR TO PERFECTION. HE WAS KNOWN DURING HIGH SCHOOL FOR DRIVING HIS ICONIC CAR. THE WHITE GHOST, AND EVEN PICKED UP HIS FRIENDS AND DROVE THEM TO THEIR FIRST CONCERT IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. 

ABOVE ALL, CHRIS LOVED TO LAUGH AND CHERISHED HIS FAMILY DEEPLY. HE WAS A DEVOTED SPORTS FAN AND TOOK PRIDE IN HIS TEAM'S VICTORIES, OFTEN ENTHUSIASTICALLY CLAIMING CREDIT FOR THEIR SUCCESS. HE ALSO ENJOYED COACHING HIS GRANDSON'S, PASSING DOWN HIS WISDOM AND LOVE OF SPORTS. 

CHRIS DEWAYNE WILLIAMS WAS PRECEDENTED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS. CHARLES R. WILLIAMS AND IMOGENE WILLIAMS, AND HIS BROTHER, DAVID WILLIAMS. 

HE LEAVES A LEGACY OF LOVE AND CHERISHED MEMORIES WITH THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE. THERESA WILLIAMS; HIS SON, CHRIS WILLIAMS JR. ( AVIONDA); HIS DAUGHTER, KRISTEN WILLIAMS; AND GRANDCHILDREN, CHRIS WILLIAMS III. CAYDEN WILLIAMS, CAMERON WILLIAMS, PRINCE TOUSSANT AND AMIR TOUSSANT; THREE SISTERS; EVELYN (REGINA) GULLEY( JAMES) OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, TONI WILLIAMS- BRIGGS ( JOE) OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, CHERYL KING OF ATLANTA, GA AND A HOST OF COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. 

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