The National Addiction Memorial honors the loved ones we’ve lost.

Throughout high school, Matthew was involved in soccer, track, and was part of the drum line. He enjoyed art, all different types of music, skiing, skateboarding, and hanging out with his friends. He was planning to run track in college.

We have so many fond memories of Matthew that it is hard to pick just one. We got to experience so many family vacations, sporting events, holidays, game nights, school functions, and just happy family times. We treasure all of the memories.

Matthew knew no strangers and always tried to make everybody feel welcomed wherever he went. He was kind, funny, smart, and full of life. He always made others feel better with his sweet and kind personality. He was an amazing person.

Matthew's future plans were to have a career where he would help other people. He wanted to give back after so many people helped him throughout his battle with addiction. The best way to honor his memory is to do something kind for somebody else and make their lifer a little brighter.

Ryan was a big smile and huge heart that loved everyone and everyone loved. So many people were touched by this sweet person that struggled his entire adult life with addiction, missing out on so many life moments. He was very talented; a musician, an artist, and an electrician- a jack of all trades. Always there with a smile and a hug, never afraid to tell someone he would help them or that he loved them.

A few weeks before he overdosed, he came to see me on my birthday. He stood with his arms around me, looking at the pictures on my refrigerator of him and his sister and Dad (he also had passed). I told him that I needed more pictures of him, he was always gone. He just hugged me and told me he loved me, as he always did.

His sweet smile, his hugs, his willingness to do anything to help me if he could.

I think he would want to be remembered as a kind, fun loving, genuine person that would help others.

His presence, love, and contagious laughter.

She helped everyone and accepted everyone. She would give you anything she had and always gave you her heart. She asked you how you were doing and really wanted to know. She called me "mama bear" Oh, how I would love to hear that again!

Skiing, she loved to go through the trees. She said she felt free on the mountain.

Her laughter and story telling! "Dream on little dreamer"

For her love and compassion and resilience. She fought long and hard. She did for others what she could not do for herself.

Adam passed on June 2, 2022. Fentanyl took our special boy! He was struggling with getting sober and had done so more than once! He was so strong, he loved everyone and never lost his endurance! He had an amazing smile, And such a huge heart!

My favorite memory is the last memory I have of him. He was texting me and his final message exclaimed how much he appreciated me and that he would fight to the death for me, He said "thank you Aunt Liz, for always having my back and being loyal, I hope you know I love you and I would fight to my death for you"! I said "I hope you know I do too, and I definitely would too"! Five days later he was gone..

His willingness to keep going even when he wasn't well! His passion for family and especially for his Papaw, who is my dad! I will miss his bouncy personality, his laugh though is what Ill miss the most ALWAYS!

AS SOMEONE who loved the world and only ever wanted love in return! He just needed to be HOME! HE is in heaven I have no doubt and the main PERSON he loved IS GOD! He would want his friends to always remember the happy times and to not be sad. He would also want to help kick fentanyl off the streets. He would want to have a second chance because he believed in giving second chances. He'd want his Mamaw Bonnie and Papaw Harold to always remember the love and enormous respect he has for them

Patrick lit up the room when he walked in. So full of life. Charming , handsome and caring. The exact meaning of …Only the good die young.

There are so many. He loved his grandparents so much and always went over to help them.

I miss his energy and passion for life he was always happy. And made everyone around him comfortable.

How much he loved his family and he was so proud to be a Steamfitter like his dad.

She was funny, loving and just a big sweetheart who never left a room unnoticed. She was a loyal friend til the very last day.

She loved my singing so she always made me sing her to sleep

I will miss her beautiful smile

Hank was I've of a kind, a honest living human who always cared about his friends and family. Hank was very loyal, devoted, hard working, hard Loving. We are going to miss one of the earth angels.

I remember when Hank came to me to ask to help start his own landscaping business. He saved his money to aquire his needed equipment for his own business. He worked hard long hours and done a fabulous job at every job he done. We all was so proud of him. To over come his disability the way he did was a miracle in itself. With live missed and kisses from loved ones We will all love and miss you. Please donate to his parents so we may lay Hank to rest properly.

I'm going to miss his laugh, his smile, his loyalty, miss his live and kindness. Please help with his expenses. His parents are not financially able to bury him proudly. Is your are a friend of any kind even a few dollars will help.

Hank wants to be remembered as a living, kind, strong man. Hank beat all the odds against him living many times. Hank loved his friends and family from his soul

She was extremely funny, outgoing and loved to talk about nearly everything. She was the niece of my friend, Katie Zehner who also has a memorial here.

Strong, independent, intelligent and loyal

Katie was proud of her Native American heritage. She was just fun to be around, and hilarious! She made sure you would remember her because she was so beautifully unique. As a friend she was one of the greatest people in my world.

Her laughter, the intellectual conversation we had, and just her presence here.

He was funny, kind and one of the best people I ever met.

I will miss his true friendship, the kind that you are lucky if you ever find it because he was there for you no matter what.

Michael was a beautiful spirit..a heart tender towards others and jokestar . he loved to laugh, make music and embraced people

when he took me to see Woman King for our first official public date
..He said he took me to show me how strong I am

I miss his hugs and words of encouragement.

Doing well for others and remembering the good in him

My beautiful baby and my spitfire

Her stubbornness and her love

Just holding her and comforting her and being her mom

To fight for what she lost and for justice and fight to get her girls back from a corrupt system To get her family back together and love one another in good and bad times and to remember that she is with us and that her children will remember that she loved them and her family

Nick was a kind soul everyone loved nick he was funny outgoing caring and saw the good in everyone he met

Love thinking of Him as a little boy and his love for ninja turtles he would make a funny face and ask mom where’s my Leonardo that looks like this ? 😀

How funny and creative he was always a jokster

For his kindness and comical personality

He was loving funny smart handsome and a pistol all ...didn't know a stranger and loved to be accepted he would help anyone and loved his family he just got lost along the way

When he was a little boy about 2 or 3 I'd put him down into a huge salad bowl spinning him around he loved it ...there is so many he would come jump on my bed and say whats up aunt kee kee I love u 💓

The love he gave and that smile them big blue eyes his smell his crazy 🤪 his everything I miss u beyond measure baby boy I'll never let your memory die u live on through those that love u

That he was a good person and loved people his meme was his world

Life had a grip she couldn’t let go of, but had a pure heart

Time spent as a family

The things left unsaid

How they were prior to addiction

A relentlessly happy child, Josh knew innately how to soften hearts with his twinkling eyes and big grin. Time's loom wove him a David Byrne-sized "adult" suit--uncomfortable and stiff--but to which he was still making alterations when he left us.

Making him squeal with laughter as I pretended to be a cavorting skeleton.

Hearing how the world was shaping him and thechance to hear how he was starting to shape the world.

Doting father to his three girls.

He had a heart for the homeless. He was always helping people in need. He loves dogs. He was a good mechanic. Loved his family, friends, he loved God. He was a great uncle. He loved to make people laugh. He was a great guy that took the wrong path.

Our favorite memory of Jeremy was when he was outside riding bikes or fixing bikes with his nephews.

His caring heart and the love he had for his friends and family.

For his willingness to help whenever he could, especially when it came to helping fix cars.

Jermaine was the most loving, kindhearted, gentle man I knew. His love was unconditional for everyone he met. He wanted nothing but the best for anyone. He and his love will never be forgotten.

The memories are infinite, but his smile, and his laugh are forever edge in my heart and mind forever.

His heart.

I want his unconditional love for everyone to never be forgotten and this loss to not be in vain. We cannot stop to fight for the struggling addicted and recover loudly.