Charles deV. Williams, a longtime Lowcountry journalist who filled numerous editing and reporting roles over a 35-career at The Post and Courier and its predecessor newspapers, died July 11. He was 78 and lived in Mount Pleasant.
Williams, who went by Charlie, was born in 1944 in Charleston. He graduated from Bishop England High School and enrolled in the University of South Carolina’s journalism school, following his father, Charles Braxton “C.B.” Williams, who was the program’s first graduate in 1925.
The younger Williams served in the Navy and joined The News and Courier in 1970 as a sports reporter after working part-time in the circulation department.
He was state news editor before being promoted to metropolitan editor in 1973 and later became city editor. In December 1980, he was named to fill the…
