Auburn football’s team chaplain of 26 years, Rev. Chette Williams, tragically passed away in a drowning at Lake Martin on Sunday evening, WAKA Action 8 News first reported and was later confirmed by law enforcement.

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, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

On Sunday, longtime Auburn University football chaplain, the Rev. Chette Williams, drowned after falling into the water at a boat dock. He was 61. According to the university, Williams had served as chaplain since 1999.

This is an opinion tribute. Win or lose, Brother Chette was always there — as a player and in prayer — for Auburn. Auburn lost one of its most loved and respected characters Sunday night as the former linebacker and longtime team chaplain died in an accident on Lake Martin.

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 […]

The team chaplain for Auburn’s football team has died in a boating accident. Rev. Chette Williams was 61. AL.com said Williams was trying to get on his pontoon boat when he fell into the water near a dock at a restaurant on Lake Martin.

The Auburn athletic family is mourning the loss Monday of football team chaplain Chette Williams, who drowned Sunday at Lake Martin.

Chette Williams, Auburn's team chaplain and a former member of the 1983 SEC Championship team, has passed away at age 61

Funeral arrangements have been set for former Auburn football chaplain, Rev. Chette Williams. According to the Jeffcoat Trant Funeral Home website, a visitation and funeral service have been set to celebrate the life of the late Rev.