Ethan Pa y n e Harris w as pi c k e d from th e garden to b e an an ge l on
Saturda y, Octob e r 6, 2 01 8 at 4 : 10 a . m . H e w a s born on
S e pt e mb er 21, 2 011 to I es ha Harris and Jos e ph Johnson in
Baltimor e , Mar y land . Etha n w as a child f i ll e d w ith lot s of lo ve and
e n e rg y from th e very b e ginning of hi s lif e . H e w a s a v ery
loving and passionate child that had th e greatest lov e for his
mother , nev e r w antin g to l e a ve h e r sid e . As a ve r y y oung child
h e l e a r n e d to wa lk and talk . E th a n e njo ye d rap music and w ould
cr e a te b e ats of hi s o w n .

H e w a s a r ath er e xcept i onal c hild al w a y s quick to h e lp in eve r y
w a y h e could . H e w ould pick up the v acuum and proc ee d t o do
as h e s a w hi s moth e r do . E t han li ve d in a n e ighborhood w h e r e
h e w a s kno w n and lo ve d b y th e n e ighbors and bu s in e ss own e r s
along the co rr ido r a long Fred e rick Ave nu e . Not a da y went b y
withou t him taking daily walk s w ith hi s mother whom h e t r ul y
ador e d and lov e d . E than lo ve d hi s p e ts (Tom , Lupp y and Dakota)
but Lupp y w as hi s favorit e. W e w ould w atch him for hou r s run ba c k
and forth w ith Lupp y f ollowing clo se l y b e hind h i m . It' s s af e to s a y
Ethan had a lot t o do w ith ho w e n e r ge tic Lupp y i s today. He had a
way with each of his pets in eve,y way. .

E th a n g r ew u p lo v ing classi c ca r s , polic e cars a nd fi re t r u c k s and
b e cau se of this h e ha s a la r ge coll e ction of ma y b e 500 . H e enjo ye d
t e l ev i s ion v er y much . Hi s fa v ori te s hows or mo v i es we r e Martin ,
Tom and J e rr y, Spong e Bob , T ee n Titan s, Cars , Ghost Adventur e s
and Fri e nds. He ador e d Mar y Bubalafrom W JZ C hann e l 13 New s .
His favorit e food s we r e spagh e tti (pr e par e d by hi s MaM a),
Mc Don a l d ' s c hi c k e n nugg ets, S ubw ay ' m e atball sub , Or e a 's and
H e r s he y's . H e w a s a very particular child c l e an in eve r y w a y. If h e
spill e d w at e r on his s hi rt h e w o u ld b e r e ad y to chan ge . E t han w ould
rath e r sp e nd hi s da y w i t hout s ho es o r c lo t h e s.

Su re l y lo ve d b y hi s famil y and all h e ca m e in contact w ith e sp e ciall y
his moth e r (Esha) whom h e adored . Th e ir r e lationship was like
no oth e r. H e had so man y nam es s h e call e d him, but F unk F unk
w as the favo r i te . Th e n th e re wa s hi s grandmoth e r that he called
MaMa, Tina w as his fa v orit e aunt , hi s father who se tr uck h e
w ant e d to dri ve, hi s P o p Pop , his godmoth ers Viv ian and Talith ea
Ramson, R eg inald Bro w n ( P e anut ) w ho h e called Donu t , hi s
cou s ins Dian te ' (call e d Ont e), M ario, Ap r il , A id e n and Sha w n.

H e b e gan a t t e nding Pr e K a t Fr e d e ri c k Elementar y S c hool in 2016.
H e lo ve d school and exce ll e d in all a re a s. H e b e cam e attach e d to
M S. La W a nda Th r ow e r (school se cr e tar y ), Mr . D ee , Mrs. D e bra
Jon es who nam e d him a s her Right Hand Man and the school
Prin c ipal M rs . Lauren M B r o w n . E than over cam e s om e ob s tacl es
he fac e d in school .

A ft er b e ginnin g his Kind e r ga r te n sc hool ye ar on O c tob er 2 0 , 2 01 7
we w o u l d l ear n that Ethan had a ra re b r ain c anc er call e d ( DIPG )
Diffu se Intrin s ic Pontin e G liom a. Thi s t y p e of canc er aff ec t s childr e n
b e t wee n t h e ag e s of 4 an d 10 yrs of age . I t is inop er abl e w ith t h e
onl y tr e atm e n t to in c lude radia t ion , ch e mo fo r s om e and ste r oid s.
Th e r e ar e no kno w n m e di c ations c u r r e ntl y kno w n tha t cu r es thi s
di se as e . Ethan e xp e ri e n ce d an abs e n ce fr o m sc hool f r om O c tob e r
t o M a r ch to ge t tr e atment and r et urn e d to s chool mid Mar c h. H e was
plac e d in the classroom of Mrs. Debra Jones at Ethan's request.

Ethan would continue to smile and show how determined he was, never
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