Joerome Carnilus

Joerome “Boodah” Carnilus Morgan, a 27-year-old Black man from Chattanooga, Tennessee, died on February 13, 2024. He had just turned 27 the day before, born February 12, 1997, and the timing alone makes the loss feel especially cruel, like life was moving forward and then, abruptly, it wasn’t.

Those who knew him spoke of someone who carried a lot of love in his life and left that love everywhere he went. He was a son to Tomeka Lollis and Joerome Morgan, raised in Chattanooga with a ...