A young dad has lost his battle with terminal cancer just one week after fulfilling his dying wish to marry his sweetheart.
Paul Williams died on Friday after tying the knot with Seren Williams in a tear-jerking ceremony on July 1 .
The 23-year-old's new wife Mrs Williams, 21, described him as a “lovable man” who “cared for everybody else before himself”.
She said: “He was a genuinely nice person that everybody loved.”
The couple, who have a one-year-old daughter, married after a social media fundraising campaign by family members and help from the charity Wish for a Wedding.
Mrs Williams said she will tell their daughter Amelia-Mae that she can always talk to her father though he “just can’t answer anymore” and that he “loved her very much and always will”.
“[He was] the best father you could ever think of.
"Absolutely amazing with her [Amelia-Mae] and she was a daddy’s girl.
“He’s always going to be with her - wherever she goes,” she added.
Mrs Williams’ four-year old sister Annalise Pedler has told Amelia-Mae her father is now a guardian angel and the “brightest star in the sky”.
The family has had a memory box made for Amelia-Mae bearing the message “Daddy loves you”.
It contains a wedding DVD, handprint necklaces and a collection of birthday cards her father wrote for her that she can open until she turns 21.
Mrs Williams’ stepmother Hayley Pedler, who helped with the fundraising effort for the wedding, said the box would help Amelia-Mae “to always keep her dad’s memory alive”.
The couple met in a local park and Mrs Williams said they became “inseparable” after exchanging messages for a few weeks via the web.
Mrs Williams said her husband was a keen rugby fan, who was involved with confidence-building social inclusion charity the School of Hard Knocks.
There he met and became friends with Welsh rugby legend Scott Quinnell.
Mr Williams was told recently he had only months to live after being diagnosed with bone cancer, also known as Ewing Sarcoma, last October.
The family had donations of outfits, a bride’s dress, and rings for their wedding.
Mr Williams asked his wife to marry him moments after being told he had months to live at Velindre Cancer Centre.
Paul Williams died on Friday after tying the knot with Seren Williams in a tear-jerking ceremony on July 1 .
The 23-year-old's new wife Mrs Williams, 21, described him as a “lovable man” who “cared for everybody else before himself”.
She said: “He was a genuinely nice person that everybody loved.”
The couple, who have a one-year-old daughter, married after a social media fundraising campaign by family members and help from the charity Wish for a Wedding.
Mrs Williams said she will tell their daughter Amelia-Mae that she can always talk to her father though he “just can’t answer anymore” and that he “loved her very much and always will”.
“[He was] the best father you could ever think of.
"Absolutely amazing with her [Amelia-Mae] and she was a daddy’s girl.
“He’s always going to be with her - wherever she goes,” she added.
Mrs Williams’ four-year old sister Annalise Pedler has told Amelia-Mae her father is now a guardian angel and the “brightest star in the sky”.
The family has had a memory box made for Amelia-Mae bearing the message “Daddy loves you”.
It contains a wedding DVD, handprint necklaces and a collection of birthday cards her father wrote for her that she can open until she turns 21.
Mrs Williams’ stepmother Hayley Pedler, who helped with the fundraising effort for the wedding, said the box would help Amelia-Mae “to always keep her dad’s memory alive”.
The couple met in a local park and Mrs Williams said they became “inseparable” after exchanging messages for a few weeks via the web.
Mrs Williams said her husband was a keen rugby fan, who was involved with confidence-building social inclusion charity the School of Hard Knocks.
There he met and became friends with Welsh rugby legend Scott Quinnell.
Mr Williams was told recently he had only months to live after being diagnosed with bone cancer, also known as Ewing Sarcoma, last October.
The family had donations of outfits, a bride’s dress, and rings for their wedding.
Mr Williams asked his wife to marry him moments after being told he had months to live at Velindre Cancer Centre.
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