Obituary: Jaylon-DeVine W. Nixon, 18, Of Meriden

Info by way of Wallingford Funeral House

Jaylon-DeVine W. Nixon (Jay-Jay), 18, of Meriden, handed away June 21, 2020 from accidents sustained in an vehicle accident.

He was born in Meriden on July 12, 2001, a son of Teresa (Valentin) Cotto and William H. Nixon Jr., each of Meriden.

Jaylon graduated from Maloney Excessive College in 2019. He was a two-sport standout at Maloney Excessive College of Meriden the place he competed in soccer and diving. Upon his commencement, he held each diving document at Maloney and in addition held the co-op information with Platt Excessive College. He was an All-File Journal and All-Convention linebacker for the soccer group. Jay-Jay was a scholar at Southern Connecticut State College the place he was additionally a member of the boys’s swimming and diving group. He competed within the 1 Meter and three Meter diving occasions the place he positioned third in each occasions.

Jaylon embodied love, power, empathy, loyalty, and fervour. He actually beloved along with his entire coronary heart and fiercely shared his love deeply along with his household, buddies, and any person who had the privilege to see his coronary heart and welcome his real smile. Jaylon was a real soul, actually, considered one of a form. To explain the affect that Jaylon had, has, and can at all times have on our lives is extremely difficult to place into phrases. There was not one person who didn’t really feel the kindness that radiated off of him. Even now as heaven has gained an angel, who will ceaselessly be close to and expensive to our hearts, he continues to present selflessly and contact the lives of others by means of organ donation. That is Jaylon’s legacy: Stay Honestly – Stay Fiercely!

Along with his mom, Teresa, and father, William, he’s survived by his step-father, Richard Cotto; his sister, Raeshell Ok. Nixon of Meriden; his brothers, Daejon M. Nixon, William Trey Nixon all of Meriden and Grayden Ok. Nixon of Prospect; his maternal grandparents, Efrain and Teresa (Bonilla) Valentin Sr; his aunts and uncles, Efrain Valentin Jr. and spouse, Rachel, Madelyn Valentin-Strickland and husband, Robert, Linda Nawrocki and husband, Matthew, Orlando Valentin Sr. and spouse, Leslie, Yanira Valentin and Victor Marquez, Yadira Riddle and husband, Alonzo Jamel, Yajaira Valentin, Mercedes Valentin, and Toni Nixon; and plenty of cousins that beloved him dearly. He was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Judy and William Nixon Sr.

A graveside service might be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2020, at Sacred Coronary heart Cemetery in Meriden. Preparations are beneath the route of the Wallingford Funeral House, 809 North Principal St. Ext., Wallingford. www.wallingfordfh.com. A vigil can be being organized for Thursday night at 7 p.m. at Maloney Excessive College, 121 Gravel Avenue, Meriden, the place buddies, household, teammates and all who beloved Jaylon can come and rejoice his life.

Jaylon’s household has organized a gofundme page to present individuals the chance to honor his life by donating to assist scholarships within the sports activities that he beloved being part of akin to swimming and soccer, and in addition to offer assist to his household.

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