Born in Canton,Ohio United States on July 12, 1986.
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July 12, 1986
July 12, 1988
2nd Birthday
December 12, 1988
Christmas
2 yrs. old
December 18, 1989
Christmas
3 yrs. old
October 2, 1990
4 yrs. old
August 26, 1991
First day of Kindergarten
September 4, 1991
Kindergarten
5 yrs. old
September 9, 1992
1st Grade
6 yrs. old
September 7, 1993
2nd Grade
7 yrs. old
October 5, 1994
3rd Grade
8 yrs. old
September 3, 1996
5th Grade
10 yrs. old
August 27, 1997
6th Grade
11 yrs. old
August 24, 1998
7th Grade
12 yrs. old
August 26, 1999
8th Grade
13 yrs. old
August 25, 2000
9th Grade
14 yrs. old
July 12, 2002
16th Birthday
September 3, 2002
11th Grade
16 yrs. old
September 1, 2003
Senior Yearbook Picture
12th Grade
17 yrs. old
May 30, 2004
Graduation Day
July 12, 2004
18th Birthday
April 17, 2005
Tragically killed in a car crash on April 17, 2005.
Forever loved and missed.
On the evening of April 16th, 2005, Justin went to a party at a friend's house about a 5 minute drive from home. Justin spent the evening and into the night partying with his friends, drinking, and having a good time. Apparently, some time later in the night, a scuffle of some sort broke out with some other kids. It was nothing major, just some shoving and words being exchanged, but Justin was asked to leave the party and was told to not leave his car or else it would be towed. He was helped to his car by some friends, and it was assumed by them that he was going to be driving to someone else's house a few minutes away. This was sometime after midnight. For some unknown reason though, Justin decided to drive to his cousin's house about 40 minutes away in another city. He took the freeway. Due to his drinking and driving excessively fast, Justin crashed while trying to exit the expressway. He was just 5 minutes from his cousin's house. He died on the morning of April 17th, at the hospital from various internal injuries suffered in the accident.
Justin was like many other kids his age. He thought nothing would happen to him. He thought he could handle driving after leaving a party where he'd been drinking. He made a terrible mistake that night, a mistake that cost him his life and his future. He loved life, he wanted to live. But, like many 18 year olds, he thought he was invincible, that nothing could happen to him, that these things happened to "other" people. He was wrong, and unfortunately he didn't get a second chance to learn from this last mistake.
While Justin left behind a lifetime of wonderful memories shared by all who knew and loved him, because of that last, tragic decision he made to drink and drive, he also left behind a forever grieving mother and father, step-parents, a young sister, step-siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, many cousins, and countless friends.
We urge everyone to never drink and drive under any circumstances. Call a cab, take a bus, call a friend, a parent, someone...anyone, who can safely pick you up and get you safely home. Don't worry, your car will still be there the next day..but, more importantly, you'll be around the next day.
Please watch the UNDERAGE DRINKING AWARENESS video, created by Justin's cousin, Megan Patterson.