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Jerrod Dement, age 20

Fatally shot on February 18, 2018 in Odessa, Texas.

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  • Nickname:
    2 cash
    27 howdy doodie-sunny bunny, and when he was a baby fat chops
    4 J-rod
  • Number of children:
    1 none
    6 😢
  • Personality:
    15 outgoing. could make anyone laugh
    15 hard worker. ambitious goal driven.
    27 he had the BIGGEST heart
  • Occupation:
    25 plumber surveyor and excavator
    27 Jedi
  • Workplace:
  • Schools attended:
    4 bonham high school, Mabank high school
  • Comments:
    21 we love you
    21 we will forever love you and miss you. be at peace in heaven with God
    4 mommy loved you so much my baby boy. i will forever miss you and my heart is so empty and 💔
    7 I love you son.
    4 May 24th, 2018, Happy 21st birthday son. Daddy loves you.
    21 You'll always be in my heart
    2 I will never get to no u only though family. I'm so crushed that u never grow old
    4 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
    2 was just thinking about u
    2 I love u Jerrold and I'm sorry this happed to u .love u always. uncle Todd
    4 ❤️😢
    13 I miss you so much everyday son. I love you Sunny Bunny.
    2 One year later....I love you so much son.
    3 April 1st, 2019......My heart stays broken son. I’ll always miss you.
    4 May 24, 2019. Happy 22nd birthday son. I love you so much.
    1 July 18th, 2019, It’s been 17 months since you died. I miss you so much son. Daddy loves you.
    2 18 months later....You’ll always be baby to me. I love you son.
    2 I feel empty since you died, I fear that feeling never goes away. I love you son.....forever.
    2 10/18/2019..20 months later.. I love you son.
    2 12/18/2019..... 22 months later. Another Christmas without you. So sad. Daddy loves you.
    2 1/18/2020. 23 months gone. I love and miss you son.
    2 2/18/2020...It’s been two years since you left us. Daddy loves and misses you son.
    6 mommy misses you so darn much. i wish i could change this outcome.
    1 4/18/2020...26 months gone. Daddy loves and misses you son.
    2 It’s your 23rd birthday. I wish you were here. Daddy loves you.
    1 8/18/2020...30 months gone. You’re always in my heart son.
    2 11/18/2020...33 months gone. I love and miss you son.
    2 12/25/2020... I wish you were here for Christmas. Daddy loves you.
    1 2/18/2021...3 yrs gone. We love and miss you son.
    1 5/18/2021...39 months gone. We love and miss you son.
    1 5/24/2021...Happy heavenly 24th birthday. We love you.
    1 11/25/2021..I wish you were here for Thanksgiving. We love you.
    1 12/25/2021...Missing you on Christmas son. Daddy loves you
    1 2/18/2022...You left us 4 yrs ago. We love and miss you.
    1 4/18/2022...50 months gone. We love and miss you son.
    1 5/24/2022...Happy heavenly 25th birthday. We love & miss you son. Everyday
    1 2/18/2023, 5 yrs gone. We love and miss you son.
    1 5/24/2023..Happy heavenly 26th birthday. We love & miss you everyday.
    1 12/25/2023.. I wish you were here for Christmas. I love you.
    1 2/18/2024...6 years gone. We love and miss you son.

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