The Tribune

TONIGHT, Mount Tabor Full Gospel Church is honouring ‘40 Fathers’ in a celebration it has dubbed the ‘Fabulous Forty’. The Tribune is continuing to run profiles on the fathers selected by the church for honour, in the run-up to the 40th anniversary. Today, Leon Williams.

LEON Williams is the eldest of ten children of Bishop Franklyn R Williams MBE Former National Overseer of the Church of God of Prophecy Turks & Caicos and Evangelist Irene Isabella Williams (Deceased April 2013).

He is married to Cheryl R Williams, and is the proud father of five children: Leon Rondre (deceased), Chene, Chante (twins), Chanika, Lebronze and Melvin (adopted). Rondre, Lebronze, Chene and Melvin graduated with Engineering Degrees.

He is a proud grandfather of twelve grandchildren who all call him Daddy Leon.

Leon has been teaching Bible Study at the COGOP Earnest Street, Nassau every Wednesday night for the last three years.

He has served in a number of capacities in various local churches in Grand Bahama namely as Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, Victory Leaders Band Director and Public Relations Director.

Leon Williams has been a member of The Bahama Brass Band for more than forty years playing in the trombone section.

He has travelled with the band to all of the Family Island Conventions of the COGOP and travelled internationally with the Bahamas Brass Band attending the Annual General Assemblies of the Church of God of Prophecy in Cleveland Tennessee, Louisville Kentucky and North Carolina; State Conventions in Florida, Texas and New York and at National Conventions in Bermuda, Virgin Islands, Turks & Caicos, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad. He has played on five of the band’s albums. Last year he travelled with the Band to the National Convention in Swaziland, Africa.

Leon has also been the Music Director and Manager for the Grand Bahama Concert Choir (GBCC) and the Hunters’ 100 Voice Young Adult Choir. These choirs have performed in Grand Bahama, New Providence, Miami Florida, Los Angeles California and Cleveland Tennessee.

Leon was also the leader of a gospel instrumental group called the Instrumental Soul Searchers.

Leon has served as the President & CEO of The Bahamas Telecommunications Company and Chairman of the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organizations (CANTO) which has 116 Telecommunications Organizations in 33 Countries on 4 Continents.

He has received a number of awards.