A man died Sunday night when he fell into Lake Martin while dining out with a friend. Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin said the man, whose identity is not being released pending notification of his family, traveled by boat with a neighbor to have dinner at Kowaliga Restaurant on Kowaliga Marina Road in Alexander City.

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.

Longtime Auburn football chaplain Rev. Chette Williams died Sunday after falling into the water near a dock on Lake Martin.Authorities say the incident happened at Kowaliga Restaurant just west of the Kowaliga Bridge in Elmore County around 5:45 p.