[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Time to introduce you all to Art Williams, the Bayous' current bench coach. I have a good deal of information to share about him at present, so this may be a longer profile currently than most others already in this thread or which will likely be added to this thread sometime later. So without further ado, then, here is his profile as it now stands for him in his life.

Art Williams was born on February 15, 1897 in Rocky River, Ohio to Henry (Hank) and the former Rose Wynston, the twin sister of Beatrice, as their eldest son and child of seven. He grew up in a family with a lot of loud people, basically, and arguments were quite common. Most especially when his parents were in bad moods and/or his father was illegally hitting the booze outside of certain church-related situations. While Henry never beat his wife or children when angry and/or drunk, he was quite often very difficult to deal with for them and/or others.

He grew up in a family where money was not often easy to earn, or where it had to often be spent more than saved for later times, for various reasons. So it was quite frequently the case that he and his entire immediate family would have to move from one place to another in their lives, for various reasons. He and his family must have moved at least five to ten times between his birth and the end of his time in high school when he was 19, by his own estimation and recollection, never spending more than about four years in a place before ultimately having to move again in their lives.

Growing up in such a family meant that it was very difficult for Art and many others in his family to make and have fairly close friends in their lives, if not impossible. Which probably led to much more conflict between various members of the family at certain times as well.

It took at least a few years of military service in the Marines during World War I and the following years to help lead Art mature more as a young adult and a man to begin to come to peace with his childhood and adolescent experiences. But those experiences still periodically cause trouble for him and/or others in his life. His father may be gone now, but he still has nightmares at times when certain experiences related to Henry come to his mind well enough.

He doesn't drink or smoke, and he tries to avoid those who do as much as he possibly can. But it's not always easy to do for him, especially seeing as one of his siblings often does both, unfortunately.

While still in the Marines, he met his future wife, the former Giovanni Lancia, when he was stationed in Rome as an embassy guard there. One thing eventually led to another, and once he was honorably discharged from the Marines in 1925, he and Giovanni soon married and moved to Florida together. Ten years and three children later, after eight years of college in Florida and Mississippi, they eventually ended up living in the New Orleans area of Louisiana. A few more children came their way before Art finally met Joe Waldrip for the first time at an unavoidable social function in the local area.

Years later, after the end of World War II, Joe hired Art as the Bayous' first ever bench coach. At present, they seem to not be all that hostile to each other, and their wives seem to like each other too at least a little, as well. But they still don't have a close working relationship with each other, in any case.

Art lives not far from the Bayous' home park with Giovanni and all but two of their six children, for their two oldest children are now in Oregon and Montana, respectively. His life is apparently improving, but he still has times where his temper flares quite considerably, both on and off the field, in his life, to to be sure.

In his spare time, Art can often be found holed up in his art studio, where he often paints, works with wood or clay, or creates various sculptures or pieces of jewelry or metalwork. When he is there, most do not disturb him needlessly, for he often retreats to there when he's upset, or feeling particularly creative at a certain time in his life.

Picture(s) and certain other information will be shared later as possible and all, I'm sure. The next profile that's most likely to be shared here is the one for Jesse Charron, the Bayous' current Pitching Coach. Please watch for it to be posted soon, if possible. Thank you. CD out.