Rashad Lamar Nelson

Laurie A Hamer sent The New Sunrise Bouquet for Rashad Lamar Nelson - January 18, 2024

We will love Rashad forever. He was the most special, precious person we have ever known. We love you, Rashad. With love and sympathy, Sam, Jayla, Bosco, Cassie, Michael, Mark, Laurie, and Ivy

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I'm missing you so much Rashad. You are my husband and love of my life and soulmate and best friend forever. Always and forever, just like we promised each other. You are pure Love, Rashad. You are with my in my heart and I know I'm with you in your heart. I can't wait until you are resurrected like Jehovah promised, and we are reunited and our family again. I love you so much Rashad ❤️ Love, your Wife, Sam ❤️🌹

Dear family of Rashad, my name is Jaena. Rashad, his brothers and I went to school together at Sieden prairie elementary. I have fond memories of them. Rashad was always pleasant and even keeled. It hurts to hear news like this but I am praying that "the God of all comfort" comforts your family. (2Cor. 1:3,4) One thing that strengthens me is the promise found at Acts 24:15. It says, "And I have hope toward God...that there is going to be a resurrection." It's not very long that this promise will be fulfilled. Please see this comforting video: https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=502017858&srcid=share

I met Rashad several years ago in Platteville, and right after we met he introduced me to his long time girlfriend, Sam. And the rest is history. We all started off as friends, and quickly became family. We spent nearly every weekend together- we started by taking little weekend trips to Madison, the Dells, Milwaukee, and Chicago. We would book hotels, go to concerts, try new food spots, and we loved shopping especially for shoes! One of our favorite things to do together was to go on long car rides and just listen to music. We all 3 shared so much in common- we have the same taste in fashion & music, we have similar passions and beliefs, we loved to have deep conversations with each other, but most of all we loved to laugh! We were 3 peas in a pod. It never mattered what we were doing, because one thing about Rashad, he was always going to make the funniest jokes and make sure we never stopped laughing. This last year together was our best one yet- we rang in NYE 2023 together, took a trip to Chicago, over the summer we spent almost every single weekend at the pool & grilling out, we watched the fireworks together, went on walks with Bosco, we went to the fair, we went bowling, we ate unbelievable amounts of good food, we had the best day ever at Rashad & Sam's baby shower, and we ended the year by seeing the Christmas lights together. Rashad was so excited to be a dad and he was even more excited to be a girl dad. Rashad may not have admitted this, but his favorite days were days spent with the girls. Rashad would take us anywhere we wanted to go, he made us laugh, he made sure we had the best food & listened to the best music, and above all he always made sure we were safe.

Rashad, you were not only one of my best friends, but you were a brother to me. You always looked out for me, and I could always count on you for anything. I'm going to miss talking to you every single day and sending songs and funny memes to each other. I'm going to miss all of our adventures. I'm going to miss everything. This is so hard and this hurts so bad. Nothing will be the same without you. Our hearts are broken. We will carry all of our memories with you and all of your funny jokes and phrases with us forever. We will speak about you to your daughter every single day. We will protect her, and she will always know what an amazing daddy she had. We all wish you were here, but we know you will be forever watching over us. I love you, Rashad. 4L & After. Rest in Peace & Power

Words cannot begin to describe the sadness and despair we feel, knowing that we will never again be able to see, hear, or touch Rashad again.

He and our older daughter Sam loved each other more than life itself. As Sam and Rashad always said, they were a Bonded Pair. As Rashad always told Sam, their love was Always and Forever.

Rashad was loving, kind, thoughtful, caring, and compassionate. He always made people feel loved, comfortable, and accepted.

He was a deep thinker, and loved talking about the world, life, love, hope, and the future. He was so excited and proud that he was going to be a dad.

We will love him and miss him forever.

May he rest in peace.

Laurie, Mark, Sam, and Cassie

Words cannot begin to describe the sadness and despair we feel, knowing that we will never again be able to see, hear, or touch Rashad again.

He and our older daughter Sam loved each other more than life itself. As Sam and Rashad always said, they were a Bonded Pair. As Rashad always told Sam, their love was Always and Forever.

Rashad was loving, kind, thoughtful, caring, and compassionate. He always made people feel loved, comfortable, and accepted.

He was a deep thinker, and loved talking about the world, life, love, hope, and the future. He was so excited and proud that he was going to be a dad.

We will love him and miss him forever.

May he rest in peace.

Laurie, Mark, Sam, and Cassie

Dear Rashad, You have been such a quiet, but peacefully spirited person in the 17 years I have known you. You brought my niece, Sam Hamer, so much joy and happiness. And now, your beautiful daughter, Jayla, will continue to spread your love and joy forward. You were loved by many, Rashad. We all loved you very much. So much love sent to you and your whole family. Pam Groh (aunt of Sam).

My name is Sam and I am Rashad Lamar Nelson's longtime significant other and the mother of our brand new baby girl Jayla. Rashad Lamar was the most beautiful person inside and out. He had the absolute biggest heart in the world. He literally lit up an entire room with his presence and his smile, he had the biggest presence in the room, the presence of an amazing man, a king. He was the most handsome man in the world. Trying to capture Rashad's essence in words isn't possible. There are no English words to describe who Rashad was and was to all of his loved ones. He was an absolutely amazing man, he loved to make people feel good and laugh, he took care of everyone around him, and showed so much love. Rashad is love. He would give anything for others, he was constantly giving and helping people. He did this every single day.

Rashad and I met playing basketball in 7th grade at my dad's basketball open gym. We really have the Love and Basketball story, and we still played to this day, even when I was pregnant with our baby girl. Rashad would come home on my lunch breaks and take me and our dog Bosco to the park to shoot hoops and just talk about life and our day.

Rashad loved all the seasons. He mostly loved, loved fall because it was perfect basketball weather. Rashad would play basketball for hours. He was the most amazing basketball player ever and loved everything about basketball, just like me. He would always bring me to play too and I was usually the only girl. He would smile thinking the guys were thinking they were about to get buckets on me but he knew I was about to cross them up. He loved teaching me moves and we were always working on our moves and shooting together. This is one of our favorite things we did together.

Rashad was a man of God, he preached the word of Jehovah and would do so in the most wonderful loving way I had ever seen. He was a very deep thinker and I loved just listening to him speak and just looking deeply at him and his heart.

Rashad and I have been together over 17 years. That's over half of our lifetimes. Rashad was and always will be the love of my life, my life partner, my absolute best friend, and SO much more. Thats that unconditional Agape love. Rashad and I are a bonded pair, and that love lasts forever. Rashad always would say our love is Always and Forever, and that it will always be! He always kept that promise! Rashad and I had a bond and love that I have never witnessed before, we were so much more than each other's significant others. That's my man, my husband, Jayla's dad, Bosco's dad, my everything. He loved me and Jayla and Bosco so much with all of his heart. I was beyond excited to see him become a dad!!!

Sweet Jayla was born on January 4, 2024. Such a beautiful event that Rashad should have been there for. He was looking forward to her birth so much and to do this together. Rashad and I had set up baby Jayla's crib together and her swing. I loved preparing for our baby girl together. It made Rashad so happy and filled both of our hearts. Jayla is an absolute blessing. Jayla is absolutely beautiful and looks so much like Rashad, like both of us. When we found out we were having a baby girl we both screamed with excitement! I am so blessed and thankful and grateful Rashad and I created our precious baby girl Jayla. She is a product of our Love. Rashad said I would finally have my mini me and I said he will have his little twin. What a wonderful and special day that Rashad should have been there for. Becoming a dad was the best thing ever, he was the most happy and proud that he has ever been. Building his own family was so special to him. He loved us with all of his heart and I and we love him with all of our hearts.

Rashad was the most amazing dog dad to our precious Bosco. Bosco is a pitbull and English bulldog, Rashad calls him a purebred good boy and an English Pit. He was the best dog dad in the entire world and would love on Bosco soon as he walked in the door each time. Bosco absolutely loved and adored Rashad to no end. Rashad got Bosco for me to love and protect me. Rashad was always doing things for me and loving on me. He was a true leader, a provider, a protector, and the love of my life. He loved my parents like his own, and my sister like his sister. He was also an amazing cat dad to Mello and Royal.

Rashad was so excited to be a dad!!! Especially a Girl Dad!!! He was so excited for us to teach her to love herself and so much more. He was so excited for us to teach her basketball together, and be like how Kobe Bryant was for girl's sports. He loved sharing girl's basketball videos on social media to bring awareness to how important and awesome girl's sports are.

Music was a vital part of Rashad's life! He loved free styling and making music. He loved listening to music 24/7. He would blast his music in the car and we would just ride around together listening to the same songs over and over that were currently his favorites. He would play Beyoncé and other girl music for me and when he was riding around with the girls. He was always listening to music. I loved the mornings where he would start the day playing old school music, that meant we were about to eat real good and have a great day together. I miss everything about Rashad. He was the most thoughtful and loving person on this earth. Rashad Lamar should still be here. He had so much more life to live, we need him here, our daughter Jayla needs him here, our dog Bosco needs him here, I need him here. Life is not the same, not the sky, the trees, the grass, the snow, nothing. Rashad made life so beautiful. Bosco is so sad and waiting on his dad to come home. They took Jayla's dad away. He never even got to meet her and he was supposed to meet her in a few days. He was so excited and ready for me to go into labor, I was due in January 11. Rashad was always asking me if it was time to go to the hospital and ask how I was feeling. He would bring me a McDonald's happy meal every night for a late night snack, and get every craving I had. He would bring me all of my food each day to provide nourishment for our baby girl Jayla and I when she was in my tummy. One of our favorite things to do together was cook and pick up our favorite foods. We also just loved cuddling in bed together close as can be. He was so excited for our life, our family we built. He said that him, me, Jayla, and Bosco were the best family. He loved us so much and we loved him so much and always will. We were so excited for this next chapter in our life and love story. No words can describe how much we loved each other and what our bond was. We grew up together and loved each other through all of our life stages. We fell more in love each year! We had so many plans and these have all been taken. I miss Rashad Lamar so so very much. What a wonderful human that I am so blessed to have been loved by so deeply and to give my love to so deeply.

Rashad had so much on his shoulders and always took care of everyone around him. He was the most selfless person I have ever met and he is so special and precious. What a wonderful man. He was like a father to so many people. Rashad loved family deeply and also his chosen family and friends so deeply. His guys are his brothers and mean the world to him. Please pray for Rashad and our family and all of Rashad's loved ones. It would mean everything to us. Rashad chose the name Jayla for our baby girl. The meaning of the name Jayla is "God will protect" and "To heal". This is so special and means so much to me.

I will forever be grateful for the opportunity of knowing Rashad. From playing basketball at Smith Park, to countless Open Gyms at PHS, Rashad will forever be remembered for the great, humorous, and loving person he was.

We will miss you!

Rashad will forever be missed. He made a impact. He was and still is loved.

I still can't believe that I will never see you. I will never receive your warm hugs. Thank you for being the best brother I knew in this world. We love you and we will truly be missed.

Rashad is my middle son, and he did his job by keeping the peace to the best of his ability; in our single parent family! He was a real grown man when he died. He was born, he made it through grade school, he pursued a college degree, he was a very spiritual person and loved Jehovah God sincerely, he achieved fatherhood. For all these wonderful things, he was a blessing to me. I never regretted having him as a son. Love ❤️ your mother Angel Roshonda Boykin..

So sorry for your loss. We are keeping your family in our prayers and thoughts. Wiederholts-Madison WI

We will miss Rashad dearly. I especially miss his smile that lit up the room and his beautiful heart which warmed us all. May Jehovah continue to comfort our family as we mourn the loss of dear sweet Rashad and may he rest in God's memory until we see him again in paradise. - " And he said to him: "Truly I tell you today, you will be with me in Paradise"-Luke 23:43

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