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Lavel Davis Jr.‘s home state of South Carolina is making sure his name lives on — and officials are doing it by naming a portion of a highway after the slain UVA football player.
The proposal was submitted to the South Carolina General Assembly in February, which is three months after Davis and two of his teammates were gunned down on the Virginia campus.
The request on the bill read, “Whereas, it would be fitting and proper to pay homage to Lavel ‘Tyler’ Norman Davis, Jr., an outstanding athlete and accomplished young man whose life held such promise but was tragically cut short by naming a portion of highway in Dorchester County in his memory.”
According to Davis’ cousin Sean Lampkin, Lavel’s mother informed him of the great news on Thursday.
“Lavel’s mother, Simone, has informed me that the State of SC has decided to name a highway after Lavel Tyler Norman Davis Jr. near his HS,” Lampkin said via Twitter on Thursday.
Lampkin says there will also be a ceremony to officially welcome the tribute.
The 9.6-mile stretch of Highway 78 will be named the “Lavel ‘Tyler’ Norman Davis, Jr. Memorial Highway” and will start from the 12.79-mile point to the 22.39 marker.
This dedication is one of the many that’s happened since Davis, D’Sean Perry, and Devin Chandler were killed on Nov 13, 2022.
The University of Virginia posthumously awarded the three football players with their degrees … and the Washington Commanders paid tribute with helmet decals featuring their jerseys numbers 1, 15, and 41.
The shooting suspect, Christopher Jones Jr., was arrested and charged with three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony.
Jones’ preliminary hearing at Albemarle General District Court is scheduled for March 30.