This is an opinion tribute. Win or lose, Brother Chette was always there — as a player and in prayer — for Auburn. Auburn lost one of its most loved and respected characters Sunday night as the former linebacker and longtime team chaplain died in an accident on Lake Martin.

Auburn football’s team chaplain of 26 years, Rev. Chette Williams, tragically passed away in a drowning at Lake Martin on Sunday evening, WAKA Action 8 News first reported and was later confirmed by law enforcement.

AUBURN, Ala. (WSFA) - Funeral arrangements are set for longtime Auburn University football chaplain, the Rev. Chette Williams. Visitation for Williams will be from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at Lakeview Baptist Church in Auburn, located at 1600 E Glenn Ave.

Auburn University’s longtime football chaplain died Sunday night when he fell into Lake Martin while dining out with a friend. Chette L. Williams, 61, was attempting to leave his 2005 Bennington 2575 RFS pontoon boat when he fell into the water near a dock at Kowaliga’s Restaurant on Lake Martin, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

The team chaplain for Auburn’s football team has died in a boating accident. Rev. Chette Williams was 61. AL.com said Williams was trying to get on his pontoon boat when he fell into the water near a dock at a restaurant on Lake Martin.

The Auburn athletic family is mourning the loss Monday of football team chaplain Chette Williams, who drowned Sunday at Lake Martin.

Service times and dates have been announced for Auburn Football Team Chaplain Chette Williams. The public visitation is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 21 at 12 p.m. at Lakeview Baptist Church in Auburn.

The Rev. Chette L. Williams, long serving chaplain for the Auburn University football team, died in a "marine incident," Sunday evening at Lake Martin, state police say.

Funeral arrangements have been set for former Auburn football chaplain, Rev. Chette Williams. According to the Jeffcoat Trant Funeral Home website, a visitation and funeral service have been set to celebrate the life of the late Rev.