Christopher Lyn Williams was born in Long Beach, California on July 18th, 1984 to the proud parents of Bob and Sue Williams. He went to be home with Jesus on November 2, 2012. He is now awaiting his parents, sister Alisha, Grandmother Virginia, two nieces Hailey, Averey, many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends who will cherish the time they had with him. To everyone he was Chris, his mother tried to get the name Christopher to stick until he was five and came home from kindergarten and ask her if he could please write Chris on his paper because it only had 5 letters and Christopher had 11 letters. She then gave up and he went by Chris to everyone from then on. He always loved and appreciated his friends and family. He was thoughtful, kind, humble and smart. A real genuine sweetheart. He really loved the Lord and prayed for others even when he was struggling with his own life. He had a big heart and rarely said anything unkind about anyone. Once you met the guy you liked him. He wouldn’t treat someone the wrong way no matter how the person was or what they did. His grandmother Virginia loved him and he would always greet her with a hug. She called him a gentle soul. He was also a joy to his grandparents that are now with him. He was fortunate enough to spend lots of time with his cousins growing up. Many of them were a daily part of his life. They all loved each other and remember the fun childhood memories they had together. They will always remember the good times had by all. To his extended family and friends he would be like a brother. He had a heart of gold and would do anything for anyone. Always there with ready to receive them with a smile and encouragement. To his sister who calls him her better half, he was her best friend, mentor, helper, protector and she looked up to him and depended on his support. To his parents he was a thoughtful son and was always there to help. They are so proud of the polite, sweet and kind man he was. They will miss him dearly until they see him again. Chris loved playing with and entertaining his nieces. He was their gentle giant ready to play or show them how to do something. Chris was very quick to learn and picked up anything quickly, as a kid he loved video games, computers and playing with his friends. He loved to learn and share what he learned if he thought you were interested. His grandma would always smile and say you should be a teacher when you grow up. He had that gift. Chris was in the gifted and talented education program through school and in High School he received the Golden State Award for testing in the top 3% in math in the state testing and was very humble and acted like it was no big deal. He wasn’t presumptuous or condescending and never acted like he thought he was smarter or better than anyone else. He touched the heart of everyone that knew him. Chris loved to eat, try different foods and cook. He would sometimes ask his mother to pick up a spice, cheese or ingredient that she had never heard of and had difficulty finding for a new dish he wanted to make. His latest hobby was caring for and learning all about orchids. He loved to sing and have good times with friends and family. He also enjoyed music and movies. He could tell you what actors were in what movie, every movie those actors were ever in and what year the movies were made. He was a walking Movieapedia. He was the go to guy for the family if anyone was having trouble with their electronics especially computers and help them fix it. He would research any problem you might be having with anything and bring you an answer and then help you fix whatever it was. He loved his friends and family and was thankful for their support through hard times. He was ready to repay them for whatever it was. He didn’t like being a burden to anyone. Chris will be missed by everyone. He wouldn’t have wanted any of us to be sad even though that is the way it goes. He would want us all to go on, remember his smile and the love and kindness he gave us the short time he was with us. He would want us to do what is right, make others smile and do unto others as we would want to have done unto us.