A ‘brother’ to many, friends and family mourn the loss of young Bay High grad
Friends and family are mourning the death of a 21-year-old Coast man who died after a motorcycle wreck in Ocean Springs.
Dominic Anderson was with a small group of other motorcyclists Wednesday night when he hit a car near the foot of the Biloxi-Ocean Springs bridge and was ejected, Ocean Springs Police Chief Mark Dunston told the Sun Herald on Saturday.
Dominic was airlifted to University Medical Center in Mobile after the crash.
Dominic suffered major internal trauma and was unable to recover, his family told the Sun Herald. He died on Thursday after friends and family went to the hospital to say their goodbyes.
“I never knew I could feel pain like this,” said Buffy Jaquillard, Anderson’s aunt. “ This a great loss for our family and the community.”
Dominic lived in Diamondhead and was a well-loved student at Bay High School. He graduated in 2019.
“The soul of Dominic Anderson was as beautiful as his bright smile,” Bay High principal Amy Necaise said on Facebook. “He was always optimistic, loving, friendly, kind and the type of person who went out of his way to make your day and say hello.”
Dominic, called Dom by many, will leave an imprint on many in the Hancock County community, Necaise said.
“Thanks for loving us, Dom. Thanks for making this world and my world a better place. I am blessed because I knew and loved you and because you loved me too,” she said.
Zachary Favre and his two brothers grew up next door to Dominic and treated him as their sibling, too.
“It quickly went from watching him grow with my brothers to watching him grow as a brother,” Favre said on Facebook. “It was truly a pleasure watching you grow up and turn into an outstanding young man.”
Dominic is survived by his mother, Bethany Anderson, brothers Dakari Anderson and Corey Taylor II, and sister Jaycee Taylor. He was close to his grandmother, Annissa Anderson, and called her Nana.
Annissa Anderson said her grandson, who lived with her, was her best friend.
“I lost the one thing in my life that made me whole,” she said on Facebook.
Dunston said drivers stopped when they saw the wreck on Wednesday and stayed with Dominic until help arrived. Dominic’s family wants to thank those people, two of whom they say held his hand and prayed over him.
“He was an amazing young man and deserves to be remembered that way,” Jaquillard said. “You could call 200 people and get the same thing. This is a real loss for everyone.”
Funeral arrangements for Dominic have not yet been set.
This story was originally published January 22, 2022 at 12:14 PM.
