Kim Edwin Williams (June 28, 1947 - February 11, 2016) was an American songwriter who wrote hits for Randy Travis, Joe Diffie, Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks and many others. Williams was named ASCAP 's Country Songwriter of the Year in 1994, won the Country Music Association 's Song of the Year award (for " Three Wooden Crosses ") in 2003, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall.. Kim Williams, a highly successful Nashville-based songwriter of the 1990s, passed away on February 11, 2016 in Florida, He was 68. A late-comer to songwriting, Kim was in his mid-forties before he enjoyed his first major success with If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets), a number one country hit for Joe Diffie in 1991. That was followed by a string of hit songs for Reba McEntire, Kenny.
Kim Edwin Williams (June 8, 1947 - February 11, 2015) was an American songwriter who wrote hits for Randy Travis, Joe Diffie, Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks and many others. Williams was named ASCAP's Country Songwriter of the Year in 1994, won the Country Music Association's Song of the Year award (for "Three Wooden Crosses") in 2003, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of.. Born Kim Edwin Williams, he played in bands throughout his youth and was writing songs by age 11. He later joined a variety of bands that played music throughout the South and Midwest, then got off the road when he married, started a family and took construction and electronic-technician jobs.