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Quincy Alvin Williams, “Q”, was born April 30, 1984 to Alvin R. and Connie Williams in Austin, Texas. He was a very peaceful baby with a beautiful smile and made parenting such a joy! As an adult, he was a protector, courageous, and introspective. At an early age, Quincy attended church with his parents at the Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church and Victory Austin. In August 2010, he received Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, and was baptized and joined Strait Gate Fellowship Baptist Church, Elgin, Texas; where Reverend Don G. Cyphers became his pastor. Quincy loved the word of God. Before his transition to heaven, his mother found the paper on his night stand where he had written and recited the following three scriptures everyday: Isaiah 26:3, Psalm 23, and II Timothy 1:7. She read these scriptures aloud to him in the hospital. When Quincy was two, his mom noticed his passion for watching professional baseball on television and bought him a toy pitching machine. He quickly mastered it and all the other baseball toys. His mom convinced the T-ball coach at Delwood to allow him to start Little League at age four. We have video footage of Quincy at the pitcher’s mound, single-handedly running down the opposing team to obtain two outs. He played Little League Baseball at Delwood from age 4 until he started high school. He made the All-Star team every year and became a Line Drive Power Hitter in the gaps using his upper body strength. Quincy was also a Relief Pitcher. He played Varsity Baseball at Reagan High School in the ninth through twelfth grades. Quincy received the distinct honor of the Austin Independent School District’s, “All District Award – 1st Team” during the 2000-2001 school year. He led AISD in stolen bases during that year. Quincy was also a proud member of the Reagan Raiders football team and played cornerback. He was known for “hitting” hard. In his senior year, he played as a starter in the 2001 State 4A Football Championship, Semi-Final Round against Bay City. Quincy tried out with two Minor League baseball teams after high school and played in a semi-professional league in 2014 with the Oakland A’s in Austin. At 12 years old, Quincy started a landscaping and pool cleaning business in the Coronado Hills Neighborhood charging $25 per yard. He loved to work and keep money in his pocket. At age 14 and until he graduated from high school, he worked after school for his uncle Robert Louis Williams making $45 per week. Quincy graduated from John H. Reagan High School in Austin, Texas in May 2002. He worked as a stocker with HEB Grocery Store after high school and with his uncle Robert Williams in landscaping. In 2005, he graduated from the Construction Gateway Program at Austin Community College and became a Licensed Electrician Apprentice. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). Quincy’s last assignment as an electrician apprentice was in July 2015, working with a contractor at the University of Houston’s dormitories. During his solitary time, which he loved, he wrote “power statements”, he taught himself how to play the guitar, the keyboard, calculus, and stock market analysis, which he learned in his Economics class at Reagan with Dr. Stephanie Fletcher. (By the way, he made a “B” in her class…she was tough!) He leaves to cherish his memories, loving and devoted parents, Alvin R. and Connie Williams; loving and caring brothers, Derick Williams (Latrissa) and Adrian Williams; caring nephews and nieces, De’Erick, Datron, Deja, Desirae, Derick, Jr., D’ohn, and Tailyr Williams, Dariuhs Sterling and Trace Guyton; devoted grandmother, Inez Hawkins; and devoted grandfather, Wash Williams, Jr.; great-aunt, Joyce Hawkins Hill, and great-uncle, Prince R. Hawkins, Jr.; four uncles, Tommy, Donald (Eve), James (Mary), all of Austin, Texas, and Wilbur (Donna) Williams, of San Antonio, Texas; two aunts, Lula Walker and Doris Guillory, both of Houston, Texas; aunt, Jacqueline (David) Seaborn; uncle, Gregory (Lisa) Wicks; great-great aunts, Lucinda Berry (age 100), Martha Coleman (age 110), Lollie Whitley and Larcelia Franks; god-parents, Larry and Gertha Shields of Upper Marlboro, Maryland; and and a host of loving cousins, relatives, friends, and a special cat, “Jake”. “I am a Strong Man of God. I am Lion-Hearted. I am a Strong Man of God.” ~Quincy Williams

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Quincy Alvin Williams

April 30, 1984 - August 19, 2015