My Mom Doesn’t Remember the Golf Tournament She Started Honoring Her 9/11 Hero Son. I Do. That’s Why I’m Bringing It Back🙏🏽❤️
By Silver Fox Twin Roy Williams-Birmingham, AL
After hosting a 25th anniversary 9/11 tribute ceremony to my hero brother on September 11 this year, I visited my mother, Pearl Williams, at her nursing home in Anniston. Reality of how dire her Alzheimer’s battle at age 84 has gotten sunk in as something I never imagined: my mom
no longer remembered that her son, Major Dwayne Williams, was killed at the Pentagon on 9/11. For the first time, she didn’t recognize me.
That moment convinced me I couldn’t let the tournament she worked so hard to build disappear, too.
So I’m bringing back the Major Dwayne Williams Memorial Golf Classic after a 8-year hiatus on Monday, November 9 at Silos Golf Club in Trussville.
On Monday, 6 weeks before the tourney, online registration is officially OPEN.
🏌🏽♂️ REGISTER YOUR TEAM 👉 [GolfStatus Link)
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Tournament Details:
💵 $125 per player
🗓️ Monday, November 9, 2026
⏰ 8 a.m. shotgun start
📍 Silos Golf Club — Trussville, Alabama
🍽️ Lunch provided
Join us in investing in future leaders by registering a team, becoming a sponsor or donating a silent auction item. Be ready to support the next generation.
If you’ve been saying, “I’m going to play,” this is your sign. Get your team together. Come honor Dwayne. Come support scholarships. Come be part of bringing his legacy forward.
Mama Williams may not remember the tournament. I do. And I’ll remember for both of us. ❤️
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