Representative Waymon 'Kent' Williams's Biography

Biographical

Full Name: Waymon 'Kent' Williams
Current Office: State House - District 4, Carter County Republican
First Elected: 2009
Last Elected: 11/06/2012
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Gayle; 4 Children: Dave, Mark, Roby, John
Birth Date: 06/23/1949
Birth Place: Elizabethton, TN
Home City: Butler, TN
Religion: Southern Baptist

Graduate, Unaka High School, 1967

Representative, Tennessee State House of Representatives, 2006-present
Speaker of the House, Tennessee State House of Representatives, 2009-2011
Changed Political Party Affiliation, from Republican to Carter County Republican, February 2009

Member, Republican Caucus Crime Task Force

Owner, Dino’s Restaurant, 1995-present
Vice President, Steak Houses of Homestead, Incorporated, 1991-1995
Vice President of Operations, Family Steak Houses of Miami, Incorporated, 1981-1991
Restaurant Manager, Sizzler Family Steakhouses
Engineering Department, Tennessee Department of Transportation

Member, Carter County Republican Party
Member, Elizabethton-Carter County Chamber of Commerce
Member, Elizabethton-Carter County Hunting and Fishing Club
Member, Grace Baptist Church
Member, National Rifle Association (NRA)
Member, Tennessean Restaurant Association
Chairman, United Way Campaign

 

Contact Information

Capitol Email
rep.kent.williams@capitol.tn.gov

Capitol Website
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h4.html

Capitol
301 6th Avenue North
Suite G-2 War Memorial Building

Nashville, TN 37243

Phone: 615-741-7450
Fax: 615-253-0310

District
126 South Main Street
Elizabethton, TN 37643

Phone: 423-768-3431