Brandon Wayne Williams

Brandon Wayne Williams, 48, of Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away early afternoon on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, after a 6-week rare, tragic debilitation of Locked-in Syndrome. Born in Nashville, TN, on August 24, 1972, to Thomas Wayne Williams and Cynthia Ann Prince (Williams) Lacy, he is preceded in death by his father from Canton, NC, who played right tackle for the Tennessee Volunteers under Bowden Wyatt. Brandon is survived by his mother and sister, Marnie Leigh (Williams) King (Todd) and nieces, Aynya Elisabeth and Zofie Evelyn King.

Brandon lived the majority of his life in the Atlanta, GA, area. He graduated from Tucker High School, attended Georgia State University (formerly Georgia Perimeter College) and worked part time in sales with the Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper. He began his career in the cell phone industry.

His love for basketball began when he was 10 years old and the UNC Tar Heels became his most favorite college team. He followed it for years, taping championship games and watching them over and over again. In 2008, he started a basketball camp, Majic Academy (formerly JustSkills), for children ages 5 to 17 and taught over 200 boys and girls and hosted an annual clinic at the Lawrenceville Boys and Girls Club. It was his passion and, in 2009, he became owner and general manager of a semi-pro basketball team and named it the Gwinnett Majic. The team won 3 straight years of World Basketball Association (WBA) championships along with multiple awards under his direction, which include “10 players on 2009, 2010 1st, 2nd and 3rd All WBA Teams,” 2 MVP’s, 2009 WBA Team of the Year, and 2010 General Manager of the Year. He also led the Gwinnett Majic Special Olympics Youth team to a Silver Medal in the 2012 Winter Games.

A few of Brandon’s awards at Verizon Wireless include the Verizon Coin of Excellence for coaching the Special Olympics Basketball Team, ranked as Top Indirect Account Manager for North Georgia, recipient of multiple awards for team work, and ranked as Top Indirect Account Executive at Bell South Mobility. In 2016, he moved to Indianapolis to work with Comcast Business and lastly with Incomm calling on Metro PCS Stores. In early 2020, he planned to join the new World Club Basketball Association (WCBA) and form the Indianapolis Majic but Covid-19 became a factor in not continuing with the plans.

Brandon had a tremendous cross section of friends and people he kept in touch with. He was always willing to help anyone and had a true heart of service and willingness to be there when people needed someone who cared.

A service for Brandon will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 24, at First Baptist Church, 5073 Lavista Road, Tucker, GA 30084. His obituary will be posted on his Facebook page, CaringBridge, Go Fund me, the Indiana Funeral Care in Indianapolis, and a brief obit in the AJC. A live stream link was created for those unable to attend in person: https://boxcast.tv/view/celebration-of-life-for-brandon-williams-916997. In lieu of flowers, please send in Brandon’s name donations to the National Organization of Rare Diseases (NORD), https://rarediseases.org/donate/; The American Heart Association, https://www.heart.org/; or the American Stroke Association, https://www.stroke.org/.