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Thomas Lanier Williams was born on March 26^th, in Columbus, Mississippi. The Williams family consisted of:&#;

• Cornelius Coffin Williams: Patriarch.

  A brooding, aggressive shoe salesman. Travelled frequently. Couldn't have been thrilled by his middle name.&#;

• Edwina Dakin Williams: Matriarch. The daughter of a genteel Southern family. Probably not thrilled by either her first or middle names.&#;

• Rose: Sister.

  Kakutani michiko biography of williams brothers

  Probably fine with her name.&#;

When he was five years old, the boringly-named Thomas contracted diphtheria. Though he skirted death, it left his legs paralyzed for nearly two years. Even worse? Her son's brush with death convinced Edwina to never let the boy out of her sight.&#;

Edwina: the OG helicopter mom.&#;

In , the family moved to St.

Louis, Missouri, and a year later their third and final child, a son named Dakin, was born.&#;

We guess all the good names were alreadydakin.

While his brother was busy trying to figure out