Mr. Nathaniel "Butch" Williams Jr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Nathaniel Leroy Williams Jr. best known as “Big Butch” was born on Monday, November 25, 1946 to VivianneYvonne Williams and the late Nathaniel Leroy Williams Sr. Butch was a direct, stern and very intelligent individual who loved to laugh, teach, play music in his band and be around people. Butch grew up in Harlem and attended New York City public schools where he graduated from The High School of Art and Design and later earned an associate’s degree from The College of Visual Arts. Butch was a very creative man and amazing with his hands. He could build and fix anything, especially cars. After college, he landed a job as a commercial artist at local television stations in New York City doing commercials. He learned how to play five musical instruments. The keyboard was his claim to fame with a band called Chocolate who put out two LP records. With racism at its peak he walked away from making commercials, took his band on the road and began his career as a cab driver with the DayNight car service. After having two children with Kathryn Taylor-Davidson, Butch realized he needed a job with medical benefits. He then began his career with the New York City Housing Authority. Butch retired from the New York City Housing Authority after 37 years as a committed and dutiful employee. He excelled in carrying out his responsibilities in various departments. He was diligent, studious, and consistently did whatever he was assigned to do with a flair of excellence and distinction. His warm, charming and outgoing personality gained him popularity as a fun loving friend and co-worker. Butch was promoted several times and received many accolades for his untiring service. During his 14th year of service with the Housing Authority, Butch was promoted to Superintendent with the New York City Housing Authority. Butch went home to rest in peace on Monday, June 17, 2019 at 9:37pm. He will be greatly missed and forever remembered for being a dutiful, caring, tough loving father and a dynamic friend. To know Butch was to like him and to like him was to love him. Butch will always be in the center of our hearts, our thoughts and our eternal love for the exemplary life he lived. He leaves behind to cherish his memory, his loving mother Yvonne Williams, his beloved children Nathaniel Williams III (Little Butch) and Tisa Gray, his daughter in-law, Latoya Williams and son in-law Dwight Gray (Dee-Jay), grandchildren; Isayah Gomez-Williams (Zay), Nathaniel Williams IV (Lil Lil Butch), Anaya Gray and soon-to-be Denzel Gray (due in 3 weeks‬), four siblings; Dianne, Jacqueline, Denise (Alan), and Donald (Cloe) and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Mr. Nathaniel "Butch" Williams Jr.

November 25, 1946 - June 17, 2019