August 21, 2024, Newborn, Mount Olive —

William Garrett “Will” Justice and Hannah Renee Whitman of Mount Olive announce the birth and death of their baby boy, John Pirham Justice.  He was born Wednesday morning, August 21, 2024, at 8:57 a.m. at what appeared to be a perfect infant, weighing seven pounds, eleven and a half ounces, and was 19 inches in length.  One hour and two minutes later at 9:59 a.m. he was pronounced deceased, leaving a broken-hearted mom and dad, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins.

Baby John is now in the arms of Jesus.  While the modern medical equipment and the well-trained eyes of physicians and healthcare workers did not detect a problem, obviously there was something amiss, but Jesus has healed that problem and this little one will enjoy the splendors of heaven forevermore.

Left behind to wonder what he would have become and who he would have been are his mommy and daddy; his maternal grandmother, Robin Darden Whitman of Mount Olive; paternal grandparents, Meredith Sutton Adams and Charles Adams, of Wilmington, and Christopher  “Chris” Allen Justice and Amanda Justice of Warsaw; maternal great-grandmother, Margaret Millard Darden of Mount Olive; and paternal great-grandparents, the Rev. Bill Sutton and Ruby Parks Sutton of Seven Springs, and Arnold Allen Justice and Sandra Justice of Warsaw.

His maternal grandfather would have been the late Junius Charney Whitman, Jr.

The families of Baby John will gather for a private service of remembrance.