Background
Roy Williams was born in Milam, Texas on February 14, 1883.
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Education
Williams was not exposed to religion during his childhood. However, at the age of 16 he attended a revival at a Methodist church.
Career
His family moved to Many, Louisiana when he was five years old. Among the first graduates at Texas Holiness University, Williams became the president of the university in 1911 at the age of 28. As president, he changed the name to Peniel University, and it was renamed Peniel College by a later president
At 33 years old, he was the youngest person to hold that position, and a later General Assembly set the age limit to 35.
He served from 1916 until the end of his life in 1946, the longest time that anyone had ever served. Williams was to give a speech in Columbus, Georgia on October 21, 1945.
However, he woke up that morning feeling ill and unable to talk, so the pastor of the church took him to the hospital. When he was fit to travel again, he was taken to his cabin in Missouri.
He died on March 25, 1946, days after his arrival at his cabin.
The library on the campus of Southern Nazarene University is named after him.
