An angel has been returned home to the Giver of Life. Master Elijah "Lijie" Devon Douglas, 12, passed away due to an accidental shooting. He was a well-loved, bright young man! A student of Renaissance Middle School, this ray of sunshine would befriend students whom he thought needed a friend. Elijah was known for loaning lunch money and giving away his favorite toys at times. His mother remembers his first love as that of dinosaurs. Master Douglas always watching the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and National Geographic. "He'd be out in the yard and bring in different rocks," his father recounts. "He'd be able to tell you what they were and where they came from. He was a straight-A science student."
"Lijie" told his family he wanted to study paleontology. Elijah and his mother moved to metro Atlanta five years ago to be near relatives. The sixth-grader played the trombone and was an A-B honor student. In school, he got along with practically everybody and displayed a caring attitude, sharing his lunches too. "There was a little kid at his school who was disabled and looked different," said his mother, April Griggs-Tatum of Fairburn. "Elijah would go up to him and put his arm around him and give him a high-five. You hear parents talk about how great their child is. Well, I can't explain how great my son was. He was concerned about everybody, even strangers."
Elijah enjoyed the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, with its Giants of the Mesozoic exhibit, and Cartersville's Tellus Science Museum. This was because it contains a mineral gallery, planetarium and fossil gallery with more than 40 prehistoric animals.
"He would look at an animal and think about their makeup and insides, and how they survived," his mother said. "He loved every and anything about science. I think he got some of that from my brother, James." He liked to fish, camp and enjoyed outings at Lake Sovereign in Cherokee County and Lake Allatoona. He kept a canoe at his grandparent's house. Also a gardener, he grew Brussels sprouts, peppers and other goods, plus he played golf.
The family plans to set up a scholarship fund or establish a science project that bears Elijah's name, "something to help other kids," remarked his father, Devon Douglas. "He liked to share and one way to remember him would be to share."
In addition to his parents, young Elijah is survived by a brother, Micah Clark of Virginia; a sister, Tyler Tatum of Marietta; grandparents, Richard and Carla Donaldson of Leesburg, Va.; Phil and Maureen Ellis of Virginia; Mike and Stephanie Daugherty of Canton; and Moses Douglas of Fayetteville, N.C.; and a great-grandmother, Geneva Preston of Virginia. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Parrott Funeral Home in Fairburn, which is in charge of arrangements.
"Lijie" told his family he wanted to study paleontology. Elijah and his mother moved to metro Atlanta five years ago to be near relatives. The sixth-grader played the trombone and was an A-B honor student. In school, he got along with practically everybody and displayed a caring attitude, sharing his lunches too. "There was a little kid at his school who was disabled and looked different," said his mother, April Griggs-Tatum of Fairburn. "Elijah would go up to him and put his arm around him and give him a high-five. You hear parents talk about how great their child is. Well, I can't explain how great my son was. He was concerned about everybody, even strangers."
Elijah enjoyed the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, with its Giants of the Mesozoic exhibit, and Cartersville's Tellus Science Museum. This was because it contains a mineral gallery, planetarium and fossil gallery with more than 40 prehistoric animals.
"He would look at an animal and think about their makeup and insides, and how they survived," his mother said. "He loved every and anything about science. I think he got some of that from my brother, James." He liked to fish, camp and enjoyed outings at Lake Sovereign in Cherokee County and Lake Allatoona. He kept a canoe at his grandparent's house. Also a gardener, he grew Brussels sprouts, peppers and other goods, plus he played golf.
The family plans to set up a scholarship fund or establish a science project that bears Elijah's name, "something to help other kids," remarked his father, Devon Douglas. "He liked to share and one way to remember him would be to share."
In addition to his parents, young Elijah is survived by a brother, Micah Clark of Virginia; a sister, Tyler Tatum of Marietta; grandparents, Richard and Carla Donaldson of Leesburg, Va.; Phil and Maureen Ellis of Virginia; Mike and Stephanie Daugherty of Canton; and Moses Douglas of Fayetteville, N.C.; and a great-grandmother, Geneva Preston of Virginia. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Parrott Funeral Home in Fairburn, which is in charge of arrangements.
An angel has been returned home to the Giver of Life. Master Elijah "Lijie" Devon Douglas, 12, passed away due to an accidental shooting. He was a well-loved, bright young man! A student of Renaissance Middle School, this ray of sunshine would befriend students whom he thought needed a friend. Elijah was known for loaning lunch money and giving away his favorite toys at times. His mother remembers his first love as that of dinosaurs. Master Douglas always watching the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and National Geographic. "He'd be out in the yard and bring in different rocks," his father recounts. "He'd be able to tell you what they were and where they came from. He was a straight-A science student."
"Lijie" told his family he wanted to study paleontology. Elijah and his mother moved to metro Atlanta five years ago to be near relatives. The sixth-grader played the trombone and was an A-B honor student. In school, he got along with practically everybody and displayed a caring attitude, sharing his lunches too. "There was a little kid at his school who was disabled and looked different," said his mother, April Griggs-Tatum of Fairburn. "Elijah would go up to him and put his arm around him and give him a high-five. You hear parents talk about how great their child is. Well, I can't explain how great my son was. He was concerned about everybody, even strangers."
Elijah enjoyed the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, with its Giants of the Mesozoic exhibit, and Cartersville's Tellus Science Museum. This was because it contains a mineral gallery, planetarium and fossil gallery with more than 40 prehistoric animals.
"He would look at an animal and think about their makeup and insides, and how they survived," his mother said. "He loved every and anything about science. I think he got some of that from my brother, James." He liked to fish, camp and enjoyed outings at Lake Sovereign in Cherokee County and Lake Allatoona. He kept a canoe at his grandparent's house. Also a gardener, he grew Brussels sprouts, peppers and other goods, plus he played golf.
The family plans to set up a scholarship fund or establish a science project that bears Elijah's name, "something to help other kids," remarked his father, Devon Douglas. "He liked to share and one way to remember him would be to share."
In addition to his parents, young Elijah is survived by a brother, Micah Clark of Virginia; a sister, Tyler Tatum of Marietta; grandparents, Richard and Carla Donaldson of Leesburg, Va.; Phil and Maureen Ellis of Virginia; Mike and Stephanie Daugherty of Canton; and Moses Douglas of Fayetteville, N.C.; and a great-grandmother, Geneva Preston of Virginia. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Parrott Funeral Home in Fairburn, which is in charge of arrangements.
"Lijie" told his family he wanted to study paleontology. Elijah and his mother moved to metro Atlanta five years ago to be near relatives. The sixth-grader played the trombone and was an A-B honor student. In school, he got along with practically everybody and displayed a caring attitude, sharing his lunches too. "There was a little kid at his school who was disabled and looked different," said his mother, April Griggs-Tatum of Fairburn. "Elijah would go up to him and put his arm around him and give him a high-five. You hear parents talk about how great their child is. Well, I can't explain how great my son was. He was concerned about everybody, even strangers."
Elijah enjoyed the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, with its Giants of the Mesozoic exhibit, and Cartersville's Tellus Science Museum. This was because it contains a mineral gallery, planetarium and fossil gallery with more than 40 prehistoric animals.
"He would look at an animal and think about their makeup and insides, and how they survived," his mother said. "He loved every and anything about science. I think he got some of that from my brother, James." He liked to fish, camp and enjoyed outings at Lake Sovereign in Cherokee County and Lake Allatoona. He kept a canoe at his grandparent's house. Also a gardener, he grew Brussels sprouts, peppers and other goods, plus he played golf.
The family plans to set up a scholarship fund or establish a science project that bears Elijah's name, "something to help other kids," remarked his father, Devon Douglas. "He liked to share and one way to remember him would be to share."
In addition to his parents, young Elijah is survived by a brother, Micah Clark of Virginia; a sister, Tyler Tatum of Marietta; grandparents, Richard and Carla Donaldson of Leesburg, Va.; Phil and Maureen Ellis of Virginia; Mike and Stephanie Daugherty of Canton; and Moses Douglas of Fayetteville, N.C.; and a great-grandmother, Geneva Preston of Virginia. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Parrott Funeral Home in Fairburn, which is in charge of arrangements.
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