Dr. Anita Myrtle Williams Christopher was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October 27, 1928 to William Danforth (WD) Williams and Mary Sneed Robinson Williams, who preceded her in death. She had one sibling, the late David Owen Williams of Richmond, Virginia. On January 4, 2019, God called this faithful servant home.

In 1945, Anita graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and attended Hampton Institute in Virginia, receiving a BS degree in mathematics. She was also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. With dreams of becoming an optometrist, Anita moved to Chicago and attended Northern Illinois College of Optometry. She graduated with a Doctorate in Optometry and was one of the first five African-American women in the United States to do so.

While attending optometry school, Anita met Charles E. Christopher of Cleveland, Ohio who had returned from WWII and was also studying optometry. After graduation, Drs Charles and Anita moved to Tulsa and were joined in holy matrimony January 12, 1951. Together they started an optometry office on Pine Street, practicing for over 50 years before retiring in 2001. Dr. Charles passed away in December 2005, dissolving their earthly partnership but now reunited in Heaven.

Anita was a member of The Links Incorporated, Elite Ladies, Debonaire Bridge Club and the Tulsa Chapter of Jack and Jill. Also serving on the boards of the National Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation and the Ida Dennie Willis Museum, she was personally committed to the support and growth of Tulsa's African-American culture and community. As an optometrist, Dr Anita specialized in visual therapy and assisted hundreds of children in overcoming problems affecting their vision and improving their quality of life.

Anita's grandparents, John and Loula Williams, owned businesses on Tulsa's historic Black Wall Street. The Dreamland Theater, Williams's Confectionary Store and the Williams's Garage were all destroyed in the 1921 race riot. In 2011, Paul Gardullo, a curator from the Smithsonian, approached Anita and her brother David about the possibility of collecting family heirlooms and artifacts remaining after the destruction and also any recollections that were passed down from their father, WD. Their contributions are now on exhibit as part of the Tulsa Riot collection at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC.

Anita was a devoted mother and leaves to cherish her memory five children: Marilyn, Gloria (Michael), Leslie, Jan, and Charles II (Cassandra); six grandchildren, Christopher (Gretchen), Milton William III, Alexis, Christopher, Byron, and Charles III; great-grandson Drew and many relatives, extended family and friends.