Kobe Williams,Khyzier Obituary, Death; – Obie Williams could hear the sounds of infants crying and branches striking the windows when he received his daughter’s routine phone call last week, as Hurricane Helene ravaged her rural community in Georgia.
Kobe Williams, 27, along with her newborn twin sons, was taking shelter in their trailer home in Thomson, Georgia, and growing increasingly concerned for their safety. She assured her father that she would follow his advice to stay in the bathroom with her one-month-old babies until the storm had passed. Shortly thereafter, she ceased responding to her family’s calls.
Later that day, one of her brothers navigated fallen trees and downed power lines to check on her, and he struggled to convey the tragic news to their father. A massive tree had fallen through the roof, striking Kobe and causing her to collapse onto her infant sons, Khyzier and Khazmir. Tragically, all three were found deceased.
“I had seen photos of them at birth and daily updates since, but I had not yet been able to visit and meet them,” Obie Williams recounted to The Associated Press days after the storm devastated eastern Georgia. “Now, I will never have the chance to meet my grandsons. It is heartbreaking.”
The twins, born on August 20, are the youngest confirmed victims of a storm that has claimed 200 lives across Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and the Carolinas as of Thursday. Among the other young victims are a 7-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy from Washington County, Georgia, located approximately 50 miles to the south.
In Augusta, the elder Williams’ hometown, situated 30 miles east of Thomson, power lines lay along the sidewalks, tree branches obstructed the roads, and utility poles were splintered and downed. The debris left him stranded in his neighborhood near the South Carolina border for just over a day following the storm’s passage.
Kobe, a single mother caring for newborns, had informed her family that evacuating with such young children was not feasible, according to her father. Many of his other 14 children remain without power in their homes throughout Georgia. Some have sought shelter in Atlanta, while others…
