ELMORE COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) — Authorities have identified the body recovered from Lake Martin on Sunday evening as Rev. Chette Williams, who served as Auburn University’s football team chaplain for more than two decades. The Elmore County Coroner confirmed the body was pulled from the water around 7:20 p.m. after an incident involving a boating […]

Rev. Chette Williams, a longtime chaplain for Auburn football, died in a boating accident, the team announced. He was 61. Williams served in his role for 26 seasons. According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, he fell from his pontoon boat on Lake Martin on Sunday evening. His body was found about 90 minutes later

The Rev. Chette Williams, a former Auburn linebacker who served as the Tigers' chaplain over the last three decades, died after falling off a boat in Lake Martin in Alexander City, Ala., police said Monday.