Jonathan Collis Luiz and his wife Mary Beth had been together for 17 years.  Jonathan was a wonderful father of 4 amazing, beautiful children: Kaylah Carolee, 18 years old and graduating Diman Regional High School this June. Jaiden Collis, 13 years old and going to be starting his high school career come this August at Diman Regional High School. Ava Rose, 11 years old and will be starting her first year of middle school. And finally Ian Joseph, 5 years old who is going to start 1st grade.  They moved from Fall River, Massachusetts on March 19th 2017 to Citrus Springs, Florida to live with his older brother Jason and his Girlfriend Terri, and their (with their children combined) four children: Austin Luiz, Nathan Luiz, Abby Poston and Brooke Poston; until they both landed jobs of our own.  Jonathan’s dreams were finally coming true after years and years of pushing and working towards them.  He took his wife and children out of the toxic area of crime, drugs and bad school systems. Jon wanted to move them to an area that he was raised in. He promised a new beginning, a fresh start and to leave all the negativity behind. When Jon and his family finally arrived at their new home in FL, they were all so excited and had never felt happier.  They knew that this was their new beginning, they knew they were going to finally begin the life they’ve been wanting so long for. The next week after arriving Jon and his wife both found jobs to start their journey; Jon found an amazing job working for DS & Co. as a foreman running his own painting crew.  He was thrilled to have such a great start, his children where adapting to their new schools, making new friends and everything was looking up. Until Wednesday, April 26th 2017 at 6:18am; Jonathan was driving north on U.S. 301 in Gainesville, FL making his way to work early morning when the accident occurred. When a dump truck decided to make a U-turn taking Jon’s right away privilege, leaving him with not enough time to break, Jon’s 2006 land rover collided with the truck on the driver’s side and became stuck under the passenger side of the truck. State Troopers told us on that night that our Jonathan (34 year old) had passed.  Tragically we lost our beautiful, wonderful, strong husband, father, son, brother, cousin and friend.  The truck driver was not harmed in the accident.  We are reaching out in this terrible time of need for anyone willing to help his wife, his children, his parents, his sister, and his brother: Carol Luiz, John Luiz, Mellison Luiz and Jason Luiz with the expenses of Jonathan’s passing and to help his beautiful wife and children get back of their feet.  Absolutely anything is appreciated. Thank you.

 “I just want to actually sit back and enjoy life with my wife and kids. Life is too short to be just stuck” – Jonathan C. Luiz