Abraham Williams Scholarship Fund

When you think of Abraham, you can't help but tear up because he is gone too soon, smile because he said something to you, and then laugh out loud because of his humor.  Mr. Abraham A. Williams, Sr., was a loving and devoted husband, father, grand/great-grandfather, loving uncle, friend, and community organizer.

Born to Abraham Sr. and Annie Williams, he is one of six children raised in Phenix City, Alabama, to loving Christian parents devoted to their family, church, and community.

After graduating from Alabama A&M University, Abraham started his professional career in Phenix City at The Boys Club of America and Spencer Recreation Center. He was a dedicated leader, always striving to help the disenfranchised. His work in housing, which began in 1978, was particularly noteworthy. He was a visionary Director of Housing and a Community Leader, and after 17 years in Alabama, he was appointed Executive Director of Housing in Bowling Green.

The list of achievements Mr. Williams accomplished is endless because of the teamwork and community volunteers. To name his accomplishments without naming the people who walked alongside him was never the nature of Abraham. He constantly stated this was what "we did" in Bowling Green. Bowling Green Housing became the prototype in the United States, and nothing made him prouder than seeing the benefit it had for "his" children in housing and the community.

Abraham is one of the few people who has lived such a selfless life that God allowed him to see and hear a room full of people who appreciated him and gave him flowers and jokes while he lived. He was allowed to hear his own obituary in the presence of the people he loved. Even that night, he lived up to the words that best describe him: a tireless servant leader.

Abraham loved God and his family. He was active in his church and considered his community as his mission field. Many people are successful, but true success is having the same people walk alongside you at your beginning and your end. Without his loving wife, secretary, partner in business, mother to his children and grandchildren, and mother to so many, there would be no success story.

Abraham and Mildred's love for the community has been demonstrated from the boardroom to the ballfield to their kitchen table. Abraham was the patriarch of his family, and his children, siblings, nieces, and nephews considered him a personal joy and felt that he loved them more than anyone else.

Faithful to the end would describe this man of God, man of his community, and man of his word. The word of God tells us, "Be faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life."

To honor his memory, family members established a scholarship fund in his name. The fund assists deserving students to obtain a higher education. Through this fund, Abraham’s legacy lives on.