Edgewater, Florida
In high school, Arthur C. Williams IV was waiting when football coach Skip Saunier arrived to open the weight room. He also had to be kicked out when it closed. Williams set a goal of squat-lifting 400 pounds _ much more than twice his weight. For months, Williams kept trying despite some teasing from teammates. "They all would laugh and bust his chops, but being the type of person he was, you know he finally got it," Saunier said. "It took him a year, year and a half of work to do it, but he finally got it." Williams, 31, of Edgewater, Fla., died Dec. 8 in a gun battle near Ramadi. A 1991 high school graduate, he served in Germany and Kosovo and most recently in South Korea. In Korea, Williams started training in martial arts and began learning several Asian languages. He also took up painting, working on oil paintings of a Korean city and scenic mountains. "He loved the mountains," said Michelle Ann Bohn, a sister. "He loved the peace, the quiet, the tranquillity of it." He is survived by his father, Arthur Williams III; mother, Ann Marie Thurber, and stepmother, Donna TeRonde Williams.
You have my sincere condolences. I can only imagine the loss of a child. If Sgt. Williams' father is Arthur "Hoppy" Williams and he has a cousin nicknamed "Butch". Could you contact me? P.S. to Legacy.com- If this is not an acceptable message please don't post. Thank you
Vernon Williams
November 01, 2017 | Holly Lake Ranch, TX | Family
You will always be missed brother of mine. I can't believe it is 12 years.
Debbie Rogers
December 31, 2016
To the family and friends of Sgt. Arthur C. Williams:
Please accept my remembrance of Arthur on the anniversary of his passing and know that he will never be forgotten.
Peggy Childers
December 08, 2011 | Carson City, NV
To the family and friends of Sgt. Arthur C. Williams:
Remembering Arthur on the anniversary of his passing. May our fallen heroes never be forgotten!
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
Peggy Childers
December 09, 2010 | Carson City, NV
In Memory of Arthur ~ (Debra Estep)
Holding you all in my thoughts and prayers.
The Wind on The Downs
“I like to think of you as brown and tall,
As strong and living as you used to be,
In khaki tunic, Sam Brown belt and all,
And standing there and laughing down at me.
Because they tell me, dear, that you are dead,
Because I can no longer see your face,
You have not died, it is not true, instead
You seek adventure in some other place.
That you are round about me, I believe;
I hear you...
December 08, 2008
To the family of Sgt. Arthur C. Williams:
Arthur gave the ultimate sacrifice and will be held in the hearts of Americans forever. I cannot and will not let our fallen heroes be forgotten. My deepest sympathy to you. "Some gave all."
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
Peggy Childers
December 08, 2008 | Carson City, NV
My heart pours for Sgt.Arthur Williams and his family.
What I am doing is organizing a walk.run, which some people know as "run for the fallen" on August 24,2008 at Riverside Park in New Smyrna Beach. I had looked up my area where i live and saw a few names where i can run a mile for each soldier. Although it is a 5K my first mile goes out to Sgt. Arthur Williams. I am very grateful for our troops and i will always support them! My deepest sincere sympathy goes out to the family and...
Danielle Oldham
August 12, 2008 | Edgewater, FL
Sincere sympathy and love, Pat - R.N.
Patsy Jo Reed Sircy
August 14, 2007 | Gainesboro, TN
There is nothing that I can say or do to take away the pain or bring you peace in your time of sorrow, but I will offer you and your family my heart felt condolences. I also offer you my prayers that in time the pain will easy and the memories of your HERO will carry you through each day and night. I want to thank your HERO, for his/her selfless act of becoming a member of the armed forces, his/her willingness to defend the United States of America, all that we hold sacred and for the...
August 13, 2007