Graveside services for Mr. Demetrius Foy, Jr., 46, of Newark, New Jersey, will be held Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at Paxville Cemetery, Paxville, SC. Bishop Leroy R. James is Officiating.

Demetruis Foy, the son of Sherey Foy and Donald Ray Foy Sr., was born June 20, 1973, in Brooklyn, NY. He was called to eternal rest on Saturday, May 2, 2020.

He attended Trinity Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey.

He was a 1991 graduate of Westside High School, Newark, New Jersey, where his was an outstanding member of the football team and the chorus. He then matriculated to Berkley College in Caldwell, New Jersey, where he received a degree in Business Administration and Management. He also attended a technical school to refine his mechanic trade and Star Career Academy to pursue a career as a surgical technician.

While doing his infamous mechanic work, he worked for Aerotek as a contractor for Bombadier and eventually went to work for NETJETS Aviation.

We lost our dearly departed Demetrius to the COVID-19 virus after a month-long battle in the ICU of Hackettstown Medical Center due to acute respiratory failure. Demetrius was outgoing, diligent, protective, altruistic, charismatic, and more than knowledgeable about a vast majority of topics. If you were blessed enough to know him, you know he was a kindred spirit that showed love with no boundaries.

Demetrius was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Johnny Brunson and Lucille Felder Tindal; paternal grandparents, Tom Foy and Doris Foy; two brothers: Donald Foy, Jr. and Sulton Johnson; and special cousins: Kimberly Canty and Anisha Phillips.

His love lives on through his children, Demetrius Lasean McKinney Jr., and Nadirah Fantasia Shakirah Tajii Foy, both of Newark, NJ; grandson, Kenai Jesiah Demetri Foy-Stephens; his parents, Sherey “Shirley” Foy of Sumter, SC and Donald Ray Foy, Sr of Brooklyn, NY; a special friend, Tamela McKinney of Newark, NJ; five devoted sisters: Latarasha Foy Richardson, Rashon Richardson, Fantasia Foy, Asis Foy and Anasia Foy all of Sumter, SC; two brothers: Derek John Foy (Jackie Jackson) and Donald Foy both of Newark, NJ; nieces: Lishay Bullock Foy, Leah Foy, Thalia Wells, Kassidy Jennings, Skyler Foy, Asiyah Foy and Trinity Foy; nephews: Donald Ray Foy III, Khasheif Foy, Dontai Foy, Maleeke Foy, Ty’Shann Foy, Demandrs Wells, Jamarri Bell, KK, Dejohn Foy, Alen Johnson, Justin Johnson and Nile Johnson; god-sisters: Angela Felder, Brenda Felder and Darlene Delarosa; god-brothers: Rondell McNeil, Curtis Way, Raymond Rueben, Raymond Rawls, Lesean Gause and Tarig McNeil; special friends: Wayne Jackson and Spurgen Knox; and a host of other loving relatives and dear friends.

Friends may call Simmons Funeral Home and Crematory of Orangeburg, SC.