TONY MARVIN WILLIAMS

Remembering Tony...

Tony Marvin Williams passed on Easter  Sunday, April 12, 2020. He was the third child born to Ruby Evelyn Howard Williams and Marvin Dibble Williams on October 14, 1949. Reared in Dallas, TX. He graduated from South Oak Cliff High School where he lettered in  Football, Basketball and Baseball. After   graduation, joined the United States Army and rose to E7 rank serving his country during the Vietnam War. He met his wife of plus 43 years, Avarita, where both attended North Texas State University, he pursued an Engineering degree. They were blessed with two children, Nicholas and Tiffany. Tony also has two  Associate Degrees in Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) and Computer Information Technology. His plus 30-year  career advanced from being an Architectural Draftsman where he helped design One Main Place Dallas to CAD Designer contributing to the Smart Bombs used in the Gulf War to CAD Engineer assisting in the design of the 733 MHz Intel Pentium III for the first Microsoft Xbox gaming console. He garnered corporate  recognition awards at major corporations     including Texas Instruments, Alcatel and Intel. He was one of the first lab instructors to teach  Auto CAD at Eastfield College in Dallas, Texas. Tony grew up in the Baptist church but joined his wife and children by converting to the Catholic faith.   Tony was a humanitarian and philanthropic man. His company, Alphacad donated countless hours installing and maintaining Our Mother of Mercy School (Fort Worth) computer systems. He also volunteered with several groups in providing food, clothes, education and job training for several African countries.

Preceding him in death were his dad, Marvin Williams and two older siblings, Howard  Williams, Sr. and Diana Williams Walker  His survivors include his wife, Avarita Spates Williams; son, Nicholas Antoine Williams; daughter Tiffany Marie-Gertrude Williams, mother, Ruby Harris; brother, Kenneth Ray  Williams; brother-in-law, Cado Dwight Spates, Sr.; 4 grandchildren, Micah Juwan Williams, Jeremiah Xavier Williams, Antoine Nicholas Williams and Evangeline Marie “Eva” Elliott; nephews, Greg Williams, Howard Williams, Jr.,  Rodney Williams,  Byron Williams, Iran Williams, Aaron Williams, Cado Dwight Spates, Jr., Camille Walker, and Carl Walker, Jr.; and many extended nieces,  nephews, cousins and friends.

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