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This memorial website was created in memory of our son, Dershawn Stuard, forever 22, born on September 4, 1991 made his transition to life in paradise on June 26, 2014. Dershawn's spirit is with us daily and his memory will live on in our hearts. The purpose of this memorial site is for Dershawn's freinds and loved ones to share our memories and visit as often as needed to feel connected and keep his memory alive. Feel free to visit as often as you'd like and share your memories. His life was cut short far too soon but he lived a full life and touched all that he knew in a very positive way. He had a big heart and all that knew him saw that in him. Dershawn was a very humble soul and had a very compassionate heart always putting the needs of others before his own.  He loved clowing around and making us all laugh he and I shared the same sense of humor that's one of the many things that bonded us. But more than being a comedian he loved his family and enjoyed time spent with us all. We love you son and you are dearly missed. We will keep your legacy alive through our memories and your gift to us ... your mini me Dershawn "DJ" Depreece Stuard Jr. Rest on My Angel.

September 4, 2023
September 4, 2023
Happy Birthday Der  ...Missing you so much today and in need your wisdom more than ever. Still, I will do my best to celebrate your life by remembering all the good times. I love you so much and hope you're shooting hoops and eating your favorite burgers and celebrating your 31st B-day ❤️❤️

P.s. sorry it took me so long to return. I'll do better ✨
September 4, 2023
September 4, 2023
Remembering you on your special day! Happy Heavenly Birthday son! Oh how I wish you were here celebrating your day with us. I love for eternity and missing you like crazy! I can imagine your grandparents, Keem, Uniqe and all our relatives/ancestors are celebrating your special day brings smiles and joy to my heart ❤️.Love you forever son! Happy Heavenly Birthday ❤️
June 26, 2023
June 26, 2023
Hey son! I am here another day without you, missing your physical presence and that contagiously bright smile! Today I am going to honor your life by focusing on you and the wonderful memories we made together. I love you forever and always son. Man I miss you so much son, Gone too soon Continue to watch over us all until we meet again❤️
September 4, 2022
September 4, 2022
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DERSHAWN I love and miss you dearly and deeply. Your presence is still with us we know for sure but I'd give anything to hear your laugh and see your smiling face right now. Today we celebrate and uplift you to show how much you mean to us. Nothing's the same, no but I'll continue to keep pushing through the pain (the best of my abilities) to keep all our special memories of/with you alive. Until we meet again Happy Birthday love
September 4, 2022
September 4, 2022
Happy Heavenly Birthday my angel! This will never be easy but I will forever celebrate your special day because your life meant everything! So today I honor you and the wonderful person you were here in life and continue to be in the spirit realm.

Dershawn my angel, my hero I love you and miss what should have been! This will be rough but I will make the best of it, for you I will. In honor of your special day we will have BBQ'd cheeseburgers , your favorite! Here's to you son and the wonderful memories we share❤️ Love you beyond words and missing you beyond measure. Fly high my son and continue to watch over us. Happy 31st my angel❤️❤️
June 26, 2022
June 26, 2022
Hey my angel this day will forever be the saddest day of my life! However, I will honor your life and memory because you deserve nothing less than the best! Your life and memories give me the strength to make it from day to day. So for you I will get through this day by honoring you as the absolutely wonderful person you were and the wonderful life you lived. Your love, memories, and the Holy Spirit will get me through this day! Fly high and continue to dance with the angels guiding our paths with your light and

Forever on my mind and always in my heart ❤️️
#LLDERSHAWN ️ 
June 26, 2022
June 26, 2022
Hey son, it's been a while since my last post. And nothing changed still missing you and thinking about you every day. All good times and Joy and laughter we shared. All the barbecues making your favorite barbecued cheeseburgers. Miss seeing you and your brothers running in and the house laughing and playing. You're truly missed my son. Sorry it's been a while since I shared with you.
Love and miss you dearly my son.
I'll check in with you soon. Rest
Easy my son. Love you!!!❤❤
June 26, 2022
June 26, 2022
Still missing you like crazy bro. Life's really not the same without you ... However, we'll continue to honor you by spreading all the lovely memories we shared. I love I love I love you!!! FOREVER❤️‍❤️‍
January 14, 2022
January 14, 2022
Lighting a candle in your memory as we miss you on DJ's 9th Birthday. Your presence is really missed everyday but more so on days like today especially because we haven't seen your mini me. I pray GOD softens his mother's heart and opens her eyes and that she will allow us to see him again soon. Love you continue to watch over us spreading your 
January 14, 2022
January 14, 2022
Missing you terribly right now brother... I feel so lost, distracted and scattered. Your words and wisdom is much needed right now. Today being Le Boo's birthday makes it all that much more challenging. I'm in utter disbelief of his mother's behavior... idk maybe you could visit her in one of her dreams to help her realize what she's doing is wrong ... please visit me in a dream even if it's just me seeing your smiling face, that's enough to part these clouds ⛅that wanna hover over me.

I love and miss you sm until we're reunited I'll continue to stomach getting up everyday❤
January 1, 2022
January 1, 2022
Well we brought in another New Year, it's never easy and doubt that it'll ever get better. I thought of you and felt your presence ❤️ around me!! I am glad to have that Love you son until we meet again fly high and protect us with your love 2022
December 28, 2021
December 28, 2021
I'm a few days late writing to you son. This just never gets easy. Another Christmas Day without you and the pain is still ever present. Love you son, continue to watch over us, sending us direction, and protection. Kiss mama and daddy for me ❤️❤️❤️ Fly high my son.... Missing you until we meet again
September 4, 2021
September 4, 2021
Happy Birthday Dershawn!!

There's isn't a single moment when you aren't on my mind or me wishing you were physically here. Your life and future were so bright that it's only right that I must fight to put my own selfishness aside to celebrate you... As hard as it is to accept (I won't), I know you're having the time of your life up there listening to the Ancestors sing for you on today's special day.

I know our loved ones such as grandma Mary Ann ❤, Paw-Paw Mack❤, Akeem❤ to name a few, are all crowding you with rest of the ancestors to celebrate this glorious day. It's only right we celebrate your amazing life and all the amazing memories we shared with you. I know you're soaring high with the ancestors, as you're all surrounded by the greatest love of ALL , our CREATOR --who needed you for reasons I'll never know until we're reunited and I've reached true enlightenment.

I love and miss you big brother more than words can say Happy Birthday Dershawn a.k.a DaKid#24
September 4, 2021
September 4, 2021
Happy Heavenly Birthday Dershawn you are truly missed. Today I choose to honor you and all the wonderful memories we shared ❤️, not even death will break our bond or the eternal love that will always be. So through smiles and tears I will celebrate you my angel. Fly high as we celebrate your life and all the wonderful memories we shared.
❤️❤️❤️❤️

#ForeverInMyHeart
#AlwaysOnMyMind
#MyAngelSon
#HappyHeavenlyBirthday
June 26, 2021
June 26, 2021
Hey big brother, as you already know everyday is challenging but the pain felt today is almost smothering . I miss you so much! I can't believe it's been 7 years since you gained your wings to fly and watch over us with the Ancestors. Although the pain of today eats at my heart little-by- little I'll do my best to stay strong and continue to remember all the precious memories we've shared. I'll continue honoring your name and won't allow nothing and no one in this physical world to make me or mom feel guilty for loving and remembering you the way you deserve to be remembered. No days go by that I'm not thinking of you or sharing beautiful memories we share. I love and miss you always and forever !! Please continue watching over us and protecting us
June 26, 2021
June 26, 2021
Missing you like crazy son especially today on your angelvesary! It's been 7 very long years living this life without you here. I try to live my life honoring you in all that I do. Today I will remember you and all the things that made you special! You are forever loved ❤️ and always on minds! Miss you so much I will remember and honor you through this heavy heart and tear-filled eyes. Continue to shine your love and protection over us ♥️
June 20, 2021
June 20, 2021
Happy Father's Day son! I know you would still be an amazing daddy to DJ. I really miss you so much and wish you were here to be honored on your special day. Keep shining your love down on us. Kiss mama and daddy for me.
January 1, 2021
January 1, 2021
Happy New Year son it will never be as happy as when you were here. But for you I will smile and press on... Love you to infinity and beyond my fly high and send love to my Mama and Daddy continue to watch over, guide, and protect us
December 27, 2020
December 27, 2020
Hey big brother missing you and needing you more now than ever. Your infinite wisdom is much needed. Please visit me tonight with a vivid dream ❤
December 25, 2020
December 25, 2020
Merry Christmas my sonshine ❤️! How my heart wishes you were here to celebrate with us here in the physical, I know you're here in the spirit but it's definitely not the same, I will forever grieve your absence and you will be forever missed and always Loved! I am grateful for our time together Jesus and memories help me carry on so for you I will carry on son ❤️
Love you son ❤️
December 25, 2020
December 25, 2020
Merry Christmas my sonshine❤️! How my heart wishes you were here to celebrate with us here in the physical  I know you're here in the spirit but it's definitely not the same you will be forever missed and always Loved  Love you son❤️
November 26, 2020
November 26, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving Der things definitely aren't the same without you but your memory will forever live on through us. Everywhere I go I'll always bring you with me. Every second, minute of everyday we're missing you and loving you eternally. Until we reunite Angel of mine, kiss grandma and our loved ones for me
November 26, 2020
November 26, 2020
I remember you on this Thanksgiving son and although our time together was very short I am eternally grateful for you and the time God allowed us to share. I cherish the memories and the Love we share. Fly high and continue to shower is with your Love and guidance ❤️ Love you forever My Dershawn
November 14, 2020
November 14, 2020
Hey Der just thinking of you as usual, missing you like crazy as usual... I know you got me and won't let me slip away, especially after how far I've come. I know you'd be proud of what I'm doing rn (although I've passed my deadline) lolol
...
I really need your guidance and wisdom to help get me through those life changing decisions. I'm conflicted about my feelings and I know you'd have all the answers to my million questions. You'd challenge me intellectually and push me towards greatness. I feel so lost without my big brother, every day I try to find myself, to try to be as happy as I possibly can. But today I'm just feeling low. Please give me a sign in a dream or something of what to do or which way to go. Thank you for the frequent visits as of lately it really helps me get through the day honestly ( although seems to be a variation of dreams. I love and miss you so bleeping much it aches. Talk to you soon I'm sorry it took me so long ‍♂️‍♂️
September 6, 2020
September 6, 2020
Hey Der, how's it going up there? Ethereal of course, it's everything we said it be as children endless love and paradise, just paraphrasing... anywho I'm thinking of you all the time and decided to consult this as my digital-diary to connect with you.

Of course, we're missing you like crazy & miss having your physical presense around. Your since of humor, love, compassion, protection, guidance and infinite wisdom is deeply missed. The list could go on to describe your perfection big bro.

I know you're with the ancestors in the amcesririal realm guiding us to the right path until the day we're reunited. Keep shiny that bright smile of yours down here on us to keep us moving forward with your memory alongside--us.

Until next time my Angel. I love you talk with you soon. P.S. Visit mommy in her dreams more, if you can with your business schedule up there lolol. She needs another hug from you. Remind her that you're still watching over us and loves us. I love you later big brother ❤❤
September 4, 2020
September 4, 2020
Happy Birthday my Angel. I hope you're celebrating with other Angels for your special day. We're still missing you terribly & love you so much...

Come lighten the pain please by visiting me in my dreams, the only time I can connect with your physical. Happy Birthday my Angel I'm forever grateful for all the precious memories.
September 4, 2020
September 4, 2020
Happy Heavenly Birthday son on what should be your 29th  I still don't understand why and I never will . A soul so loving, caring, giving, an amazing son, a role model to your brothers and cousins, a super amazing father, truly a true Gem, a friend to all that knew you!! I am forever grateful that God chose me to be your Mama what a joy and privilege that is ❤️ we are forever linked and not even death can break our bond. You were and always will be my hero son ❤️  You're loved beyond words and missed beyond measure. Fly High and dance with the Angels son on your day ❤️
#Dershawn
#AlwaysOnOurMinds
#ForeverInOurHearts
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020
Although this morning was a bit rocky for me, I can definitely say I feel your presence with us. Please wrap your arms around us bro, as we celebrate the beautiful memories we shared with you. I love you and still need your physical presence, come visit me in a dream. Keep connecting with us like I know you are. Until we meet again. GOD BLESS YOU 
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020
Hey son another year has gone by. And I still think of every day. Remembering all the good times we had. I'm still missing you son. Continue to rest easy my boy. Love you always and forever.
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020
Still missing you like crazy big brother. Still trying to find a way to get though these times. I love you sm
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020
Another year without your physical presence, my heart is torn apart . However, I will honor your life and not focus on the pain of losing you. You were far more than that and deserve to be remembered and honored ❤️ with joy and happiness. So I'll push through and smile through the hurt that my heart feels everyday especially on today. Fly high my angeland continue to shower us with your love and protection. Loving you from this side of heaven♥️ until we meet again ♥️
June 21, 2020
June 21, 2020
Happy Heavenly Father's Day son. So wish you were here to celebrate with your son. That bond is unbreakable. I know you're smiling down on him as he's nothing less than perfection. Love you to the moon and beyond ❤️❤️ 
February 27, 2020
February 27, 2020
Just drove by Washington High School and memories of picking you up from there and the youth center where you'd play basketball, ran through my mind. Boy I sure do miss you son heart just broken. Until we meet again love you son
February 24, 2020
February 24, 2020
Hello son! Today is so difficult I definitely miss your physical presence. I just miss you so much and my my heart is so heavy I just wish this was a crazy nightmare that I am going to wake from and you'll be here with us. Flashing that big beautiful smile. Visit me tonight in my dreams....love you more than words can express and missing you beyond measure. Until we meet again
January 1, 2020
January 1, 2020
I'm struggling as I do every year since you were taken from us. Sending you all my love as we enter this new year, new decade. Life never be the same without you but I will try my best to live my best life because I know you and all of your brothers would want that. I'll put on my smile and press my way through. Love you beyond words and miss you beyond measure. Rest on my love❤ Happy New Year
December 25, 2019
December 25, 2019
Missing you this Christmas Day! I don't have a lot to say today heart just heavy and missing our times together especially on the holidays. May you enjoy this day with Mama and Daddy fly high and send your love to is. ❤‍♂️‍♀️ love you forever and always
December 24, 2019
December 24, 2019
Thanks for the Little While
(By Darcie D. Sims, Grief Inc.)

Thank you for life. For its good times and bad
Thank you for love, even when I can’t feel it.
Thank you for the love I used to share,
For the arms that held me tight.

Thank you for family
In faraway places, in different times

Thank you for the songs we sang,
For the dreams we saved
For the smiles we shared.

Thank you for the strength that eludes me just now
Thank you for the weakness that sends me to my knees
Thank you for searching, the reaching, the hoping

Thank you for the bonds of memory that hold me in place in this universe,
even when I don’t believe anymore or
forget what it is all about.

Thank you, most of all, for having been blessed with the love I have known,
even now when I fear I will forget it.

Thank you for memory and for filling it full of measure for me. It wasn’t nearly
long enough, but it will have to do.
Thanks for the moments we danced.

Thanks for the little while……………..

Shared in memory of you Son
#ForeverInOurHearts
November 28, 2019
November 28, 2019
Happy Thanksgiving son! I will be forever grateful for the time we had. I miss you and love you forever for always my angel. ❤
October 28, 2019
October 28, 2019
Missing your presence very heavy this past week Dershawn. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the upcoming holidays. A time we all had so much fun planning and making memories. I miss and love you so much son. Life has definitely not been the same since that tragic day. I try to use your love as strength to face each day but some days it's just too much. Until we meet again son, Rest easy and continue to shine your love on each of us.
September 5, 2019
September 5, 2019
Sending Birthday Love to my Angel, Dershawn. I will never get used to this, my heart is beyond heavy this morning as I try to celebrate you on what should be your 28th birthday. I will do my best to reflect on the wonderful memories we shared as I'm sure that's what you'd want. I am forever grateful for the blessing and honor of being your Mama you truly were a gem!! Missing you beyond measure son Happy birthday my Angel!!
September 4, 2019
September 4, 2019
Happy Birthday big bro!!! I can't even put into words by how broken I feel, as I sit here thinking who you'd be today & what we'd be doing but today we celebrate your life & all the beautiful memories you created with us. I love you so much & I know you're up there having a blast. Until we meet again my dearest❤❤‍♂️
June 26, 2019
June 26, 2019
Missing you something awful son! 5 years feels like an eternity without you. However, today I chose to smile through this broken heart heart as I celebrate your life and all the beautiful memories we shared It isn't easy and I will forever have the moments of why. I will forever live a "double-life" one in which sadness and joy live intertwined and today it's most prominent. Dershawn 22 years was not long enough but would 32 or 42 have been enough absolutely not!! So I'm grateful for the short but beautiful time we shared. I'm grateful that I am your mama and you're my son and the amazing bond that we share that not even death can break. We will forever be spiritually connected. Today we celebrate your life son fly high and shower us with your love 
June 26, 2019
June 26, 2019
I love & miss you dearly !! The pain I'm feeling never left never will. Still don't understand why so soon? I know you're still with us, I feel you with me everyday. I'll always keep your memory alive. You'll always & forever be in our hearts & terribly missed. #DaKid
Missing you like crazy.......
June 16, 2019
June 16, 2019
Happy Heavenly Father's Day son! You are truly missed and I can't help but imagine you and DJ together as you were beyond awesome whe here in the physical. My heart is missing you so much but my mind plays mini clips of our time together and for that I'm grateful! Continue to watch over us filling us with your love. Rest on my love
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September 4, 2023
September 4, 2023
Happy Birthday Der  ...Missing you so much today and in need your wisdom more than ever. Still, I will do my best to celebrate your life by remembering all the good times. I love you so much and hope you're shooting hoops and eating your favorite burgers and celebrating your 31st B-day ❤️❤️

P.s. sorry it took me so long to return. I'll do better ✨
September 4, 2023
September 4, 2023
Remembering you on your special day! Happy Heavenly Birthday son! Oh how I wish you were here celebrating your day with us. I love for eternity and missing you like crazy! I can imagine your grandparents, Keem, Uniqe and all our relatives/ancestors are celebrating your special day brings smiles and joy to my heart ❤️.Love you forever son! Happy Heavenly Birthday ❤️
June 26, 2023
June 26, 2023
Hey son! I am here another day without you, missing your physical presence and that contagiously bright smile! Today I am going to honor your life by focusing on you and the wonderful memories we made together. I love you forever and always son. Man I miss you so much son, Gone too soon Continue to watch over us all until we meet again❤️
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September 17, 2014

08/28/14 I had the most awesome dream!!! I was having such a hard time realizing that I would never get one of your big bear hugs again. All I could hold onto was the last time you hugged me which was 2 days prior....on my birthday. But my heart ached and longed to hold you one more time.....I prayed everynight and asked the Lord why....just one more hug....and then on Thursday 08/28/2014 you came to me...I said oh you came back....you said I had to give you that hug....we held on to each other for so long....then again and again and again and again....we set on the couch and talked for a moment before you said you had to get back!!! That was hard but I will be forever greatful to God for allowing you to come to me and answer my prayers...it definitely made this journey a little easier! I love you always and forever my Angel!!

 

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