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Justin Isaiah Hairston transitioned from this life into the presence of the Lord on October 27, 2024, at his home in League City, Texas. Justin Isaiah was born on August 18, 2000, to Eric McKinley Hairston and Anica Dyani Albert Hairston in Gwinnett County, GA. Born and raised in GA, Justin moved to League City, TX in 2015 with his family at the age of fifteen. Justin was a brilliant and talented child of GOD who had an amazing impact on the lives he encountered and touched in the brief period he spent here with us in the land of the living. His life was dedicated and given to the Lord through his christening ceremony in 2001 at Hopewell Baptist Church where he grew up attending with his parents through his youthful years. Justin was a smart, kind, and loving child beginning his education at the City of Hope Child Development Center in Norcross, GA. He then went on to attend the Hopewell Christian Academy where he was a student through the fourth grade. There he began to develop his own personal relationship with GOD with many of his peers. Justin furthered his education from fifth grade through ninth grade in the Gwinnett County Public School; System, where he was the recipient of several academic and athletic awards, including being recognized as a Duke Talent Identification Program recipient in 2012 for his academic excellence. Justin continued his educational journey in League City, TX where he graduated from Clear Creek High School as a member of the 2018 class. Justin held various jobs in the service industry over the course of his adult life. He was a resolute and dependable worker and most recently had been promoted as one of the managers at the company he worked for at the time of his passing. Left to cherish the memory of Justin, his father, Eric M. Hairston and his loving mother, Anica D. Hairston; his beloved sister, E. Rileigh Hairston; his grandfather, William M. Hairston (Tina) of Martinsville, VA; his grandmother, Sarya A. Welch of League City, TX; his uncles, Bishop Michael J. Hairston Sr. (Auntina), Gary L. Fossitt, Jr., Chas D. Welch, Chase D. Welch, Zaahir Fossitt, and his aunt Jassira Fossitt; his Godparents Brenda Fuller, O. Gerard Harris, and LaToya Thomas; and a host of great aunts, great uncles, cousins and other relatives and friends. Mr. Hairston was preceded in death by his loving grandfather, Gary L. Fossitt, Sr.; his caring grandmother, Celia F. Hairston; and his devoted Godfather Alton E. Fuller. Flowers are welcome! If you choose, in lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests any donations be made to a college fund established for his sister, Erica Rileigh Hairston. Your support will be in his honor. CashApp: $AnicaHairston

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Justin Isaiah Hairston

August 18, 2000 - October 27, 2024