Christian grew up in Lyons and Toombs County, graduated from Georgia Southern, but before all that he fell in love with the game of golf. I have known Christian since he was born because his father Ward Newton was a local lawyer who gave me my first job right out of law school in 1976. Ward passed away in 1981 when Christian was only a baby. Ward was like a father figure to me and taught me to be fearless and honest in the practice of law.
I am sorry to say I did not keep close contact with Christian and his brother, Carr, as they grew up. Their mother, Kay, a dear, sweet lady, was fortunate to find another good man and husband in Gill Williams and according to Christian he was blessed to have Gill as a dad as well.
Gill was the one who got Christian interested in golf and he played on the team in high school and at GSU. Now he is teaching at UA (I hope that is what you call it!) and enjoying it. If you listen to the interview, you will hear a fine young man tell how he got on in life.
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