Thomas Williams

Thomas Samuel Williams was born December 17, 1956 at the USAF Base in Croughton, England. He died on February 13, 1018 in the Philippines. He is survived by his wife Chelle, his sister Neasie, of Battle Creek,brothers Wesley (Zana) of Otsego and Jim of Texas Corners. He is also survived by his nieces and nephews, Brooklyn (Rod) Benson, Brad Williams, Brian Williams, Jamie (Trevor) Hause, Parker Williams and Ashley Baker. In addition, he loved spoiling his grand nieces and nephews, Cody Williams, Lincoln Benson, Lucy Benson and Beckett Hause. He grew up in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, graduating from Mattawan High School in 1976. He received an Associates Degree from Kalamazoo Valley Community College and a BS degree from Ferris University. After graduating from Ferris University Tom moved to Dallas, Tx where he spent most of his working life He was employed by Kroger, Associates, Dell and a number of other companies. Work took him to the Philippines where he worked for a number of companies. While in the Philippines Tom and his wife, Chelle established their own business, TSW Global Solutions. Tom had always dreamed of starting his own company and was very proud of its successes. Tom loved to travel and was an avid sports fan. His travels took him to London, Paris, India, the Philippines and to most of the United States. He enjoyed playing basketball, scuba diving and walking. He especially liked walking around the fields behind his parent's house. He was a season ticket holder to the Dallas Mavericks while in Texas but since moving to the Philippines his loyalty was divided between the Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors. Tom was preceded in death by his parents Wesley and June Williams who welcomed him home. According to family wishes, cremation has taken place. Visitation will be at 10:00am on March 9th with a memorial service at 11 at the Otsego United Methodist Church. Contributions in the memory of Tom may be made to the American Diabetes Association