Dexter B. Monroe Jr.

Dexter Bernard Monroe, Jr. “DJ” – COLUMBIA Funeral service for Dexter Bernard Monroe, Jr. “DJ”, 24, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 24, 2015 at Palmetto Church of Christ with burial to follow in Bush River Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Friday, October 23, 2015 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, Irmo. DJ passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2015 in Bristol, Florida. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he was the son of Dexter B. Monroe, Sr. and Volanda A. Monroe. DJ was a member of Palmetto Church of Christ where he was Baptized in 2009. He was a 2009 graduate of Dutch Fork High School, where he was an outstanding student athlete. He received the WLTX 2009 Player of the Year award. DJ was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy but chose to attend Harvard University. He was a 2013 graduate of Harvard University where he majored in Economics and continued to excel as a student athlete on the Crimson Football Team. He was named the 2013 NCAA Leader in Most Passes Defended in Division I FCA. He moved to Bristol, Florida in 2014 to begin working at the Florida Public Service Commission. He was pursuing a Master’s of Business Administration at Florida State University. DJ had an incredible smile, contagious laugh, unmatched sense of humor, big heart and embraced and enjoyed all that life had to offer. Surviving in addition to his parents, Dexter and Volanda, are sisters, DeJorie, DeCaria and DeVonia Monroe; paternal grandparents, Eleanor and Lenon Monroe; aunts and uncles, Anthony Cooper, Darwin Monroe, Dr. Benjamin Monroe (Gloria), Clayton Monroe (LaFrance), Joyce Spells (Robert), Alma Reddick, Gwendolyn Adams, and Joan Lewis. He is also survived by several cousins to include, Antonio Rivera, Anthony F. Cooper, Jr., Kianna Cooper; and a host of other relatives, friends, and teammates. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Atville and Freddie Cooper; great-grandparents, Laurentine and Fred Black and Atwell and Louise Cooper; aunt and uncles, Althamese Thomas, Lloyd Black, Alton Black, Rosalind Huff and Elijah McDowell. Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunerals.com