ADAM GAVIN

Adam Clayton Gavin was born on June 24, 1975, in Sumter, the youngest child of Patricia Mahoney Gavin and Johnny Gavin Sr. Clayton passed in peace at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at the age of 45. Clayton was a proud graduate of Hillcrest High School, Class of 1994. During his high school years, football was his passion, and he enjoyed and excelled as a full back throughout his high school career. At the end of his senior year, injuries began to plague Clayton, and his football days ended. Nothing stopped him from moving to the next chapter as he enrolled into Livingston College the fall of 1995 and was a proud HBCU Summa Cum Laude Graduate of Livingston College, Class of 1999. After graduation, he returned home to Sumter and began his more than 23-year career with Department of Juvenile Justice.

Clayton is survived by: his wife, Kenjeta Gavin; his daughter, Diari' Gavin; his mother, Patricia Mahoney Gavin, of Dalzell; his father, Johnny Gavin Sr., of Columbia; brother, Johnny Bruce Gavin, of Fort Mill; sister, Tracie (Dee) Greene, of Atlanta, Georgia; two stepbrothers, Andre (Gavana) Davis and Justin Gavin; one stepsister, Kayla Gavin; and a host of aunts, an uncle, niece, nephews, beloved family members and friends.

In accordance with the COVID-19 guidelines, the family is requesting face masks and social distancing be observed by relatives and friends during visitations at the home, 3245 Kim St., Dalzell.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the John Wesley Williams Sr. Memorial Chapel of Williams Funeral Home, 821 N. Main St., Sumter, with Pastor Clifton Witherspoon, officiating.

The procession will leave from the home at 10:20 a.m.

Burial will be in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery, S.C. 441, Dalzell.

Services directed by the management and staff of Williams Funeral Home Inc., 821 N. Main St., Sumter. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.WilliamsFuneralHomeInc.com.