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Abby Puckette posted a condolence
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Where do I begin?Dan was absolutely the best uncle that anyone could every ask for. He meant the world to me and I will miss him, and his unforgetable personality greatly.
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MJ, Rob and Dylan Pearson posted a condolence
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Dan\'s FamilyWe did not have the privilege of knowing Dan until last summer. He was a very helpful guide and counselor and he will truly be missed.
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Cindy Spear posted a condolence
Monday, February 2, 2009
My Sincere Sympathy...I am so sorry for your loss. Dan was the first and only counselor that was able to help my son really open up and talk. I think he is perhaps the only one that understood my son and his issues. Dan was a caring counselor and friend. He will be missed by many, I'm sure. May God comfort you and give you peace. And may he fill that hole in your hearts with his presence.
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Les Schlomer posted a condolence
Monday, February 2, 2009
friendshipDan is a good friend. And had a good arguement about politics. What a sense of humor, we had many laughs.
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David Nash posted a condolence
Monday, February 2, 2009
On Saturday, Jan. 31st, sometime in the afternoon, somewhere between 3-4:30 pm., I was working in my yard, riding my mower, trimming the Winter grass. I suddenly started thinking about Dan and an "incident" that had occurred when I was a client of his at Arise's Intensive Outpatient Program around 1994. It was kind of odd for me to have been thinking about Dan as I hadn't thought of him more than a time or two since I had finished the program. I had been suffering major depression. I had also been taking anti-depressants for treatment. Clients had to sign an attendence sheeet a roll-call sheet before every group session. The counselors were sticklers for attendence. And I had been faithful to my contract and had had probably near perfect attendence as well as perfect punctuality. The anti-depressants were working and my mood had elevated and I was beginning to feel good. One day, maybe it was a nice Spring day,I don't remember, but I was feeling particularly good. You have to realize that the room where the group session was taking place was not very large and there were not so many of us, maybe 10 or 15 at most, sitting in chairs in a circle. When the attendence sheet came around to me, I didn't sign my name. Instead, I signed in as Al Mann-Joy. Whether Dan had noticed the strange name or not, I don't know, but he didn't say anything. And he knew I had been there, because I had participated in the session. Before the next week's session, I got a letter from Dan saying that I had been absent from group the week before. The next session, when the attendence sheet got to me, I mentioned to Dan that I had been there the previous week and had signed my name Al Mann-Joy, explaining that it derived from Almond Joy, because "sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't." He chuckled and said that it was also like the Allman Brothers album name, Allman Joy. And then he said to just be sure to sign in properly from then on, which I did. Dan and my other counselors and doctors at Arise/Central VA Community Services helped me through a very bad time in my life. I appreciated Dan's counseling and concern for me while I was on that difficult journey. And on that day when I had expressed some hope and joy by signing a funny name, I felt that, perhaps, the worst part of the journey was behind me and that it would only get better. (If memory serves, he left shortly thereafter to pursue another counseling job.) So when I saw Dan's obituary in Monday morning's paper, I was shocked and saddened. But I also believe that my suddenly remembering Dan Saturday out of the clear blue sky ("Blue Skies," Allman Brothers) was somehow a way for Dan's spirit to reach out and touch me, and how many others, as he began his new journey. My condolences to Dan's family in their time of grief. Sincerely, David Nash
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D.W. Lawhorne posted a condolence
Monday, February 2, 2009
Dan will be missed by many. This was a great person who helped me and many others. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
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