A Cedartown man who was working in Alabama was one of two people killed in a head-on collision outside of Montgomery, Alabama in recent weeks.

Now his fiancée is left during the holidays scrambling to get their lives back together after the tragic loss of Justin Grant in Conecuh County, Alabama in late November.

Adrienne Hancock shared the story of Grant’s family with Polk.Today, and how he and his fiancee Vonique had in the past years bought a house in the country here in Polk County to live out their dream of rural life. He was originally from Stone Mountain, and Hancock shared that he was saving up to purchase additional land in the county to be able to expand their property and own a farm, pond, and animals to tend.

“He just seemed to be high on life and love itself! He was so mature for his age. His love was so large, it could not be contained within a small group of people. He shared his home with many people at the time of his death, that he considered his family,” Hancock wrote. “He was an excellent role model for my seven grandchildren who loved him dearly and would be so excited to see him they would run outside to greet him. He would love them back just as hard. I’ve never heard him raise his voice in anger. Only in joy and laughter.”

Grant, 24, was driving near the community of Castleberry, Alabama around 7:25 a.m. when the 2017 Chevrolet Express van he was driving on November 30 left the roadway, and he overcorrected and crossed the center line before he hit a 2019 International tractor trailer, which was being driven by 32-year-old John Arthur Williams Jr. on U.S. Highway 31. WSFA Staff reporting in Alabama stated the crash at the time was still under investigation.

“The night before his tragic accident, he had expressed to his boss how tired he was. He always pushed himself beyond limits to be responsible and to please his family and friends,” Hancock wrote. “If he didn’t like something, instead of complaining he just started to fix, clean, comfort or whatever it took to keep a positive energy in the house.”

Now the family is hoping that the community will help in their time of need in picking up the pieces after Grant’s death.

A GoFundMe page was setup to raise money for donations to help pay the bills after his loss, and they are seeking legal help as well.

What makes the story doubly tragic is the loss felt by another community in the accident.

Williams was the son of the Sheriff of Lowndes County, Alabama, who died a year before when he was shot and killed in a convenience store parking lot in 2019 by a then 19-year-old gunman after then-Sheriff Williams Senior asked the young man to turn his music down.