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“She faced trials,” the Rev. Craig Autry said of the Oct. 12, 2015, Sunday night when the automobile accident on Skibo Road at age 16 left a family and the preacher in the medical center emergency room praying for God’s hands to heal her injuries. “I remember we prayed, ‘Let her live.’”
She fought to live, although the accident would leave Heather Williams with cognitive issues and the limp in her gait.
“She watched as her world, her friends and her family passed her by as they would go on to graduate, attend college, get married and build careers,” Mary Williams said. “All things Heather wanted to do. Yet still, she pressed on with her bright smile and love for God. Heather lived with my parents. They have been so strong for her.”

Photographs and heartfelt words tell the story of a young woman’s love for life
“Heather was beautiful, loved God and she loved people,” Mary Williams says about younger sister Heather Marie Williams, 25, the victim of a city homicide.

She fought to live, although the accident would leave Heather Williams with cognitive issues and the limp in her gait.
“She watched as her world, her friends and her family passed her by as they would go on to graduate, attend college, get married and build careers,” Mary Williams said. “All things Heather wanted to do. Yet still, she pressed on with her bright smile and love for God. Heather lived with my parents. They have been so strong for her.”