QUINTIN , IN HIS YOUNG LIFE LOVED & SERVED THE LORD WITH ALL HIS MIGHT. HE WAS A MEMBER OF CORINTHIAN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH  CHOIR, JUNIOR BROTHERHOOD, JUNIOR USHERBOARD HE ATTENDED CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY W/O HAVING BENG MADE TO DO SO HE BEGAN HIS JOURNEY IN 1986 AT 4 YEARS OLD SERVING THE LORD AT EBENEZER M.B. CHURCH UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REV. EDDIE L. WHITE, SR. REV. WHITE WAS FASCINATED WITH QUINTIN'S ABILITY TO QUOTE SCRIPTURES, BOOKS OF THE BIBLE. HE WAS ABLE TO QUOTE ALL 66 BOOKS CORRECTLY & IN ORDER.QUINTIN ATTENDED A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL THAT TAUGHT HIM WELL, HE ATTENDED 1ST- 3RD GRADES. QUINTIN ALSO, HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR FOOTBALL THAT WAS HIS 2ND LOVE.HE STARTED VARSITY WHEN HE WAS JUST A FRESHMAN. QUINTIN WAS A QUIET, KIND, GENTLE SPIRIT,THAT SAID WHAT HE MEANT & MEANT WHAT HE SAID.HE HAD A  STRONG LOVE FOR FAMILY. FAMILY WAS IMPORTANT TO QUINTIN. ONCE THE NEWS SPREAD ABOUT QUINTINS DEATH. EVERYONE HAD A STORY TO TELL. I RECEIVED LETTERS AS FAR AWAY AS CALIFORNIA, ATLANTA. MY COMMUNITY WASN'T THE ONLY COMMUNITY AFFECTED.HIS DEATH AFFECTED COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD. BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE CRIME. ONE COMMUNITY LEADER THE REV. MELFORD J. ELLIOTT SAID, "IT WAS A HEINOUS TO SAY THE LEAST" THE MAYOR AT THAT TIME WAS JERRY ABRAMSON HE DECIDED ALONG WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS TO DEVELOP A GUN VIOLENCE TASK FORCE WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. IT (TASK FORCE) WAS MADE UP OF CLERGY, POSTAL WORKERS, VICTIMS OF CRIMES, YOUTH WORKERS & YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.THE CITY AS A WHOLE WAS IN AN UPROAR.THAT IS ALL FOR RIGHT NOW. I WAS BLESSED TO BE CHOSEN AS   HIS VESSEL. FOR THIS LORD I AM TRULY GRATEFUL. TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE & KEEP HIS NAME & LEGACY ALIVE. OH, THERE WAS A FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED IN 1997 QUINTIN HAMMOND C/O MANUAL HIGH SCHOOL THE ADDRESS IS 120 WEST LEE STREET, LOUISVILLE KY 40202