Gavin Twitty, 1996-2018; Was ERTC Student
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville community is mourning the loss of student Gavin Twitty, of Highland, who passed away Saturday, Nov. 10 from an automobile accident. He was 22.
A Hillsboro native, Twitty was a student in the Water Quality Control Operations Program at the Environmental Resources Training Center (ERTC).
Visitation is from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14 at St. Louis Catholic Church in Nokomis with funeral service to follow at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 at the church.
Stiehl-Dawson Funeral Homes is managing the arrangements. A complete obituary is available at stiehldawsonfh.com.
The following is a list of resources available to members of the campus community:
On-Campus
- To support acceptance, coping, and grieving, short-term options are available through Counseling Services, co-located with Health Services in the lower level of the Student Success Center (adjacent to the Morris University Center), suite 0222. By calling x-2842, Psychotherapists are available for the following:
Crisis Support
Individual Therapy
Attend on-campus memorial events
Facilitate group, classroom, or team discussions/debriefings
Local Community Resources