With broken hearts, we announce that Joshua Carino, 26, our baby boy, brother and best buddy, passed suddenly Saturday, March 7, 2020, in his sleep.
Joshua attended James City County Schools and graduated from Lafayette High School, where he was a proud member of the marching and jazz bands, football and baseball teams, track and field team and cross-country team, where he and his teammates in 2011, earned the regional and district championships and placed 3rd overall at the Virginia State Championship.
He went on to study at Norfolk State University, where, as a freshman, he was also part of the cross-country team. Josh enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as an aviation power plant mechanic in Camp Humphries, Republic of Korea, and Fort Carson, Colorado.
Everyone who met Josh, even for a minute, understood that he had a heart of gold, and that he was the most honest person you could encounter. Everyone who met Joshua was enriched by his presence, and, without a doubt, he left rays of sunshine on all our lives.
Josh will be missed every minute of every day by his father, Alfredo; mother, Beverly; brother, Alfredo, aka “my brother,” “Foto”; grandparents, Alberto, Carmen, Neftaly and Edna; loving aunts, uncles and cousins; and, of course, all his good friends.
The Lord gave us a son Jan. 7, 1994, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and gave his big brother his best friend. He was loving and serious, hilarious and a straight arrow, and hard-working, yet, was always was trying to chill. His moral compass was always pointing true north, and he never veered from doing what was right. His heart was clean and his spirit was unbreakable.
Josh, we know that you are looking at us from heaven. We love you and miss you so very much. Your presence is always felt, and you will never leave our side.
Friends will be received by his family from 10 a.m. to noon and 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 14, and Sunday, March 15, at Nelsen Funeral Home, 3785 Strawberry Plains Road, Williamsburg. Memorial services will be held at 11:45 a.m., Monday, March 16, at the Fort Eustis Regimental Memorial Chapel, 923 Donnelson Place, Newport News.
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