Justin William Willhite

Justin William Willhite was the youngest of three born to Scott and Carolyn Willhite on January 10, 2000, in Springfield, Missouri. Justin passed away on August 14, 2022, in Springfield, Missouri. He was 22 years, 7 months, and 4 days of age.

As a child, Justin attended and found his faith at Gentryville Church of God. He accepted Jesus into his heart in July of 2008 at Camp Joy.

Justin was an energetic and adventurous person who lived life free and easy. He dearly loved his family, his momma’s cooking, and the outdoors. He found joy in playing with his nieces and nephews, fishing with his parents, going places with his grandparents, and pestering his siblings. At a very early age, Justin found that he loved to help others and had to make them smile and laugh with any antic that came to mind because that is how he found enjoyment in his own life. Justin never knew a stranger, and everywhere he went he touched a heart and impacted the lives of many. Justin always believed he could and would change the world, and with his acts of kindness, he did just that. He enjoyed and found comfort in nature and all it had to offer. When he wasn’t around family and friends, he was walking through the woods finding critters, enjoying the beauty, hunting, or fishing.

Justin was preceded in death by his maternal great-grandmother, Vera Harvey, paternal great-grandmother, Eunice Keehner, and aunt, Suzie Willhite.

Justin is survived by his parents, Scott and Carolyn Willhite, sister, Caressa Keller and husband, Ryan, of Drury, Missouri, three nephews, Lane, Wyatt, and Mason Keller, brother, Austin Willhite and wife, Kaitlin, of Ava, Missouri, two nieces, Avery and Kinsley Willhite, grandparents, David Byerley of Norwood, Missouri, Loetta and Jack Fieker of Springfield, Missouri, and Vicki and Bobby Shebiel of Macomb, Missouri, cousins, Ryan Willhite of Mountain Grove, Missouri, Evan, Candi, Audrey, and Raelynn Willhite of Norwood, Missouri, and many other relatives and friends who will miss him dearly.