Caroline Randall Williams Family

Caroline Randall Williams parents Alice Randall and Avon Williams III are an author and a lawyer respectively. Avon was a republican.

Alice Randall

Caroline Randall mother Alice Randall is a novelist, author, and songwriter. 

She was born on May 4, 1959, in Michigan and has lived in Washington DC, and Nashville. Another acclaimed novelist is Richard Osman.

Alice put herself on the radar with her New York Times bestseller The Wind Done Gone in 2001. The historical parody retells the story of Gone with the Wind from the opposite spectrum. 

She has published six fictional novels in her career with her second novel Pushkin and the Queen of Spades was named Best Fiction of 2004 by The Washington Post.

According to New York Times, she is "almost certainly" the first African-American to write the number one country song. She is the co-writer of XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl).

Alice graduated from Harvard University in 1981 with BA in English and American literature. She later received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Fisk University.

Naacp Image Award 2016 and 2002, Outstanding Fiction Award 2004, and Best Food Writing of 2016 to name her few accolades, according to her personal website. Tess Gunty won National Book Awards For Fiction in 2022. 

Avon Williams III

Caroline Randall Williams father Avon Williams III was an American lawyer and Republican party supporter.

Avon worked in many fields including investment banking, media analysis, and law, among others. He also served as an acting general counsel for the United States military at Pentagon. According to Nashville Scene, he was the equivalent of a three-star general. 

According to his colleague who wrote an article remembering him on Nashville Scene, Avon was a man of humor who got in trouble for being too humorous on live radio during the 1990s about Bill Clinton.

However, he was a remarkable man, Andrew D. Martin remembers, as he possessed a strong political fiber of his father Avon Jr. and a poetic sense from his mother's side.

Sadly, Avon Williams III passed away on July 9, 2005, due to a severe asthma attack while visiting a tourist attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. He was just 45 years old at the time of his passing away, according to Washington Post. 

Caroline shared an image of a handwritten note saying she missed him every day with an emotional caption on fathers day in 2018, on her Instagram account.

David Steele Ewing

Caroline Randall Williams stepfather David Steel Ewing is a Historian and Lawyer from Nashville, Tennessee.

David is a ninth-generation Nashville native and one of the most sought-after local historians from the area. His interviews have been published in national and international media including The New York Times, Washington Post, and many others.

According to his History Makers profile, he is a direct descendant of Prince Albert Ewing. The 55-year-old was born on March 29, 1967, in Nashville, Tennesee to his parents Florence Steele Ewing Kidd and Dr. Richard Albert Ewing III.

David attended Peabody Demonstration School and later joined Connecticut College for his BA degree. He then earned his J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1989.

Ewing and his wife Randall lived at Montgomery Bell Academy campus during their 2016 interview with Bacon on the Bookshelf. According to his LinkedIn profile, he has been an independent historian and writer for the past 15 years.

According to New York Times, Caroline was the driving factor to pursue Randall to marry Ewing. David with the blessing of his future stepdaughter, got to his knees in the Capitol Hall during the second Inauguration of President Bill Clinton and proposed to Alice.