Grant Kloosterman, age 20

Lost to gun violence on October 21, 2020 in Johnson City, Tennessee.

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  • Nickname:
    4 Grant you didn’t deserve to die at Samanthas hands. I hope you find a love you deserve in heaven
  • Number of children:
    2 He had a nephew that he loved like his own.
    3 Grant would have been a great father, but she took that away from him!
  • Personality:
    2 LOVED EVERYONE, NEVER KNEW A STRANGER, LOVED GOD
    2 Loved his family and his many friends. Always smiling!
    2 He was very popular. Everybody that ever met Grant became his instant friend!
    2 He had the best smile and laugh! I loved being around him.
    2 I have never seen that many people at a funeral! That says a lot about him!
    2 He was a friend to everyone no matter who it was!
    2 He was a sweet kid. He was kind.
    2 Always had a smile on his face!
    2 It wasn’t possible to know Grant and not love him.
    2 Grant would take a lunch to a homeless man then sit and eat with him.
    2 Grant, you had such an impact on so many lives. Especially mine! I love and miss you so much!
  • Occupation:
    2 CARPENTER
  • Workplace:
    1 Graham Construction Co.
  • Schools attended:
    2 HOME LIFE ACADEMY, TRI-CITIES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, NORTH EAST COLLEGE
  • Comments:
    3 HEAVEN'S GAIN, OUR LOSS
    3 So many people miss Grant! He didn't deserve to have his life taken when it was just beginning!
    6 Grant was murdered while he slept by his girlfriend of over three years.
    2 Grant has a way of making everyone feel special and loved.
    2 We know God has Grant!
    2 I love and miss you more every day!!
    2 Grant was as beautiful on the inside as he was on the outside!
    1 🥊⛰🔨🎚💔
    2 We part only to meet again! I can’t wait for that day!
    2 Missing you so much!
    1 How did this happen?
    1 💔😢🌹
    2 Prayers go out to his entire family! Gun violence needs to stop!
    2 Miss you every day!!!!! You will never be forgotten!!!!! God has this!
    2 Life will never be the same without you! You are missed every minute of every day!
    1 😥
    2 It’s been 5 months since I lost you. I still cry every day. I miss you Grant!
    2 It’s hard to get through each day. I love you! Always have, always will.
    3 So sad that his girlfriend shot and killed him. Why?
    2 Aunt Donna loves and misses you Grant! Until I see you again!
    2 Happy Easter in heaven Grant! You get to spend it with the Risen Savior himself!
    2 Missing you this Easter. I love you my son!
    2 Happy Easter!
    2 It wasn’t the same without you today. I miss you so much!
    2 Happy 21st birthday Grant! I love you and miss you!
    2 21 years ago today was such a joyful time for us! You were born a fighter!
    2 Happy Birthday in heaven Grant!
    1 💔
    2 My heart doesn’t want to accept that you are gone.
    2 A big piece of my heart died with you. I will never be the same.
    2 😥I love you!
    2 I miss you with all my heart. I keep waking up each morning.....for you.
    2 The days do not get any easier. This pain is too much!
    1 Today, six months ago, my whole world was shattered. I will never be the same:
    1 I love you! I miss you!
    1 I miss you! I wish I could hear your laugh and see that big smile you always had on your face!
    1 Grant, your were a beautiful person. I love and miss you!
    1 Just looking at things you left behind. You had your whole life ahead of you. Why would this happen?
    1 Missing you so much! I love you! I can’t wait to see you again!
    2 Mother’s Day is not the same. I have four children but only three are with me today.
    1 Miss you my boy! I wish I could hear your laugh, stories and see that big smile.
    1 Mama misses you so bad! I wish you were here with me!
    1 It’s been 7 months since I last saw your beautiful smile! My heart aches to see you again!
    1 I miss you every single day! It’s not ever going to be the same.
    2 You were robbed of a long happy life because of a selfish and jealous woman. It’s just not fair!
    1 I miss you so much!
    1 Just another day. Time marches on without you. I don’t want to. 😥
    1 I wish you were here!! I miss you so much!
    1 I still think of you all the time! I miss you being with us! I want to hear you laugh.
    1 Your great grandmother will arrive in heaven soon!! I know you will be the first to welcome her!
    1 Give Granny a big hug from us!
    1 I’m hoping you and Paul had a happy reunion today!!
    1 Now you have two more people that you love beside you in heaven! I know you are having a big party!
    1 I ❤️you!
    1 We are going on vacation this summer but it won’t be the same without you!
    1 Eight months without you.
    1 I don’t want to have fun without you! 😥
    1 Wish you were here!
    1 This time last year, we were all together. I miss you every day!
    1 Feeling sad and empty today! I miss you being with us! ☀️⛱
    1 Will there ever be another day that I don’t cry?
    1 Nine months without you! I wish I could hug you and see your smile! I’m still in so much pain!
    1 😥🐈‍⬛ we all miss you!
    1 Thinking about you a lot! Wish you were here! I love and miss you!
    1 Your brother turned 19 today! We missed having you at his celebration!
    1 This is hard. 💔
    1 Ten months without you! There is a hole in my heart. I miss you baby!!
    1 Miss you my baby bro.... can’t wait to see you and hug you again one day!
    1 This isn't getting any easier. Time does NOT heal. I miss you more today than I did yesterday!
    1 Having a hard day! I miss you!
    1 💔😥
    2 11 months ago your life was stolen from you. My heart went with you when you died.
    2 His girlfriend, Sammy, shot him while he was asleep in his bed!
    1 October 😥💔
    1 This year had gone by so fast yet it seems like forever since I saw your smile!
    1 One day closer to being with you!
    1 It’s hard to think that this time last year you were living your last day with me!
    1 October 21, 2020 changed my life forever
    1 You loved Halloween. It’s sad we had to be here without you!
    1 I’m glad October is over.😥
    1 I think about you every day! I love you!
    1 I’m thankful for the 20 years you were with me. I miss you everyday! Happy thanksgiving in heaven!
    1 I hate the holidays!😥
    1 Some days I just can’t.
    1 Merry Christmas in heaven! I love you and miss you so much!
    1 I don't want to have Christmas without you!
    1 Facing another year without you terrifies me. I miss you so much Grant!
    1 I wish you were here. I need you!!!
    1 I love you and miss you more than I can stand!
    1 It still hurts. I don't understand why my family has to go through so much pain!!
    1 😢🥊❤️
    1 Miss you so much my boy! One day closer to getting to see you again!
    2 My heart will never heal. "That girl" took you away. So evil of her!
    1 I miss you. I miss you every single second! I think about you and my heart is broken.
    1 Happy 22nd birthday in heaven baby! I love you and miss you more every day!
    1 I wish I could have one of your big hugs right now!!
    1 Happy Easter! You celebrate in the Best way….with Jesus himself! I miss you!
    1 Mother’s Day is not complete without you. I have 3 kids here instead of 4.
    1 Missing you so much! I will never understand! I love you!
    1 I love you! You will forever be my baby boy! I can’t wait to see you again!
    1 Why doesn’t this get any easier?
    1 Fall was your favorite time of the year. I miss you and love you!
    1 Grant, I miss you. Happy Fall! I love you so much!
    1 I didn’t know that this time 2 yrs ago you were living your last days.☹️
    1 It's been two years now and I still miss you so much! Love you all!
    1 Two years without seeing your beautiful smile or hearing that contagious laugh of yours!
    1 Happy Thanksgiving! I miss you! Iyou!
    1 I miss you! There is still a hole in my heart. Days like today are especially hard!
    1 Happy thanksgiving in heaven Grant!
    1 I love you! I wish you were here!
    1 I’ll never understand why. You were a light on this earth!
    1 Tell Jesus we said “Happy Birthday”!
    1 Merry Christmas 2022! I miss you and love you so much!
    1 I don’t think I’ll ever really be happy again.😢
    1 Another year to start without you. I miss you every day! Love you!
    1 Happy Valentines Day! The love you feel in heaven must be a million times better than here!
    1 🥰
    2 Happy 23rd birthday in heaven Grant! I wish you were here with me!!!
    2 Happy Birthday Grant! I love you and miss you so much!!! See you in heaven son. Love Dad
    2 You are forever 20 yrs old! Such a beautiful and loving young man!!!
    2 Happy Easter big G!! How amazing it must be to celebrate with the Savior himself!
    1 Missing my son on Mother’s Day! I wish you were here with me!! Love you always!
    1 A mother of four. I am here with only three. This is not how it is supposed to be.
    1 I miss you.
    1 I love you....forever.
    1 I missed you so much while we took our family vacation! Oziah especially needed you!
    1 It's just not the same doing anything without you!
    1 I WILL NEVER NOT MISS YOU! I WILL FOREVER LOVE YOU! I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND!
    1 I hate October!!!!
    1 Three years ago today was the worst day of my life!!
    1 It’s the day this nightmare, that is now my life, began!!😢
    1 Starting another year without you!!
    1 My heart will never be full again! I miss you so much! I love you more than you probably ever knew!
    2 Merry Christmas in heaven Grant! We miss your laugh and smile!! I love you so much!!
    1 😭
    1 New year. Same pain.
    1 I loved you yesterday and I love you still. I’ll love you tomorrow and always will!!
    1 Happy Valentine’s Day!!
    1 Happy Easter son!! I miss you and wish you were here!
    1 I feel our family has fallen apart. Your Dad and I miss you so much. I want you back!!
    1 I was excitedly waiting for your arrival this time 24 years ago! One of my greatest blessings!!
    1 Happy Birthday in heaven Grant! I love and miss you so much! My heart aches to be with you!
    1 Some days I just can’t!
    1 I miss you so much! I close my eyes and try to find the sound of your laugh. 💔
    1 You have the best view of the fireworks from heaven! I miss you!
    1 I can’t stop thinking about you. I often wonder what you would be doing today. I love you.
    1 Oziah just had his 10th birthday party! I know you would have been there!!
    1 i miss you, and im so sorry!
    1 Happy Fall! Your favorite time of the year!!
    1 I’d give anything just to have one more day with you! Just one.
    1 If I would have known…….
    1 This day…….change me in such a profound way. I’m a different person than I was before you left!
    1 This day….changed me profoundly. I’m a different person since she took you from me.
    1 I miss you. Your laugh, your voice……all of the things that was you!!!
    1 It’s so hard to live every day without you! Each day it gets worse!

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