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Tar Heel Tribute For True Fan
Wilmington Star News (April 4, 2008)
Harper Williams came from a Carolina family, so it was only natural that he would root for the Tar Heels. His father, mother and two older siblings attended school in Chapel Hill, and the Williamses scheduled their life around basketball games. Life took an unscheduled turn for Harper, the kid who seemed to care about everyone, when he came home from his first semester at UNC. Physically, Harper left the world at age 19, early on Dec. 29, 2004, the victim of a drunken driving accident and the invincibility of youth. He was ejected from best friend Harrison Palmer's Chevy Tahoe on South Live Oak Parkway, a few blocks from the Williams house...

Wilmington Freshman's Shoes Filled with Memorial Scholarship
Carolina Connections (Fall 2005)
Nothing can replace a lost son. But honoring a son's legacy by supporting what he cherished most can salvage hope from tragedy.
In that spirit, the family of Harper Beall Williams is raising money to establish a Carolina scholarship in his name. Williams, then a University freshman, died Dec. 29, 2004, in a car accident in Wilmington, N.C., his hometown. He was 19...

UNC Raising Funds for Scholarship Memorializing Wilmington Freshman Harper Beall Williams
University of North Carolina (June 3, 2005)
Nothing can replace a lost son. But honoring a son’s legacy by supporting what he cherished most can salvage hope from tragedy.
In that spirit, the family of Harper Beall Williams is raising money to establish a scholarship in his name at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Williams, a UNC freshman, died Dec. 29, 2004, in a car accident in Wilmington, N.C., his hometown. He was 19.
"It’s us putting our feet in his shoes and asking, ‘What would he do if he were here?’" said Bert Williams, Harper’s father and an investment broker with Wachovia Securities in Wilmington...
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