Rebecca Chase Williams was an American journalist and Mayor of Brookhaven, Georgia. [1] Previously a District 1 City Councilwoman, Williams became mayor after the city's inaugural mayor, J. Max Davis, resigned in May 2015. [2] [3] [4] [5] Prior to her public service, Williams was a distinguished ABC News journalist for more than twenty years. [6]
She was the wife of Dick Williams, Editor and publisher of The Dunwoody Crier, a weekly newspaper covering Dunwoody, Brookhaven, and Sandy Springs. Williams hosted the weekly Atlanta television program, The Georgia Gang for decades. [7] She died of cancer on March 11, 2020.