The Rev. Chette Williams was the Auburn University football’s team chaplain for 26 seasons. He died Dec. 15, 2024, in a drowning at Lake Martin at the age of 61. The Rev. Chette Williams, the Auburn University football’s team chaplain for 26 seasons, died Sunday in a drowning on Lake Martin, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

The longtime football chaplain for Auburn University died tragically over the weekend after misstepping while getting on a boat and falling into a local lake.

Rev. Chette Williams, a former Auburn linebacker and team chaplain, passed away at age 61 following a drowning incident on Lake Martin.

Auburn University’s longtime football chaplain died Sunday night when he fell into Lake Martin while dining out with a friend. Chette L. Williams, 61, was attempting to leave his 2005 Bennington 2575 RFS pontoon boat when he fell into the water near a dock at Kowaliga’s Restaurant on Lake Martin,

Longtime Auburn football chaplain Rev. Chette Williams died Sunday after falling into the water near a dock on Lake Martin, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency confirmed.