KEITH BRIAN WILLIAMS

MASON, N.H. — Keith Brian Williams, 54, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, unexpectedly at his homestead.

Keith was born in Atlanta, Ga. on Nov. 18, 1969, the son of Donald Sorrows and Mary Ann (Neill) Williams.

Keith was raised in Addison County, Vt., since the age of eleven months by his mother Mary Ann Williams and adoptive father, David Williams of Bristol. He graduated from Mount Abraham Union High School in 1988. Keith furthered his education with two college degrees; a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Johnson State College, Johnson, Vt., and obtained his master’s in business administration from Rivier College in Nashua, N.H.

Keith had an enthusiastic zest for life exploring and sharing his passions with others. Keith was an avid reader and enjoyed teaching English at Nashua High School South in New Hampshire. Keith was an educator for thirty years. As an educator, he made significant contributions with his students and the educational community; he was an honorary member of the Congressional Youth Leadership Council and obtained meritorious service as a representative of the Nashua Teachers’ Union, including the negotiating team for reaching a successor agreement for the Nashua Teachers’ Union.

Keith’s highest value of all was creating a beautiful family and raising his two children on his homestead in Mason, N.H. with his wife Rebecca (Corcoran) Williams. Keith was an amazing family man, father, uncle, brother and beloved neighbor and community member of his local church, the Mason Congregational Church. Keith always had a sense of humor and playfulness, including an imagination for creating adventurous stories for his children and nieces and nephews. On the morning of April 24, 2003, Keith with his family on the way to breakfast in Wilton, N.H., joined a rescue effort with two other passersby of two women whose car veered off icy road conditions into a pond off Route 101. This joint civilian rescue mission was a success.

Keith enjoyed the outdoors — hiking, kayaking, running, biking carpentry, cooking for friends and family, painting and camping in the winter seasons on top of mountains in the below zero depths. Keith was his own entrepreneur, establishing a painting crew — under his self-employed summer business called “OMW” — for two decades. Since childhood and as a young adult, Keith’s number one athletic sport love and passion was Tae-Kwon-Do. He obtained his fourth-degree black belt. Keith founded his own Tae-Kwon-Do School, “Williams Black Belt Academy,” where he made a positive impact on many lives. One parent said, “Mr. Williams, Every so often, my children are fortunate enough to encounter in their lives a person of true quality, such as you. When that happens, it’s best to expose them, step back, an allow them to absorb the goodness, much like shooing them outside on a cloudless day, to drink in the rays of the sun.”

Keith was predeceased by his birth parents, Donald Sorrows and Mary Ann (Neill) Williams. Keith is survived by his wife, Rebecca (Corcoran) Williams of New Hampshire; a son, Jake Williams of Massachusetts; a daughter, Ella Williams of Massachusetts; siblings Kathy (Katherine) Boise of Vermont and Roberta (Williams) Melszer of N.Y.; brothers David Sorrows, Paul Sorrows and Justin Sorrows; sisters Joella Sorrows, Jessica Sorrows; his brothers-in-law Eric Boise of Vermont and Daniel Melszer of New York; nephew Caleb Boise and niece Keleigh Boise; and father David Williams, all of Vermont.

A private family service will be held at a later date. Contributions can be made to local area Tae-Kwon-Do schools and/or Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) groups.

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Arrangements are in the care of the Smith & Heald Funeral Home, 63 Elm Street, Milford, NH 03055. ◊