Seth Leathers, 16, was a Junior at Weeki Wachee High School. He was killed in a car wreck on US 19 and Osceola Drive on April 18, 2018 when a pickup truck hit the 2001 Mustang he was riding in around 3:30PM. Leathers and his friend Garret Herman, 17 (the driver) were on their way to church to play basketball. Herman is still in critical condition.
According to reports, the two friends, traveling southbound, were making a left hand turn onto Country Road just south of Osceola and were hit by an oncoming northbound pickup truck traveling in the outside lane.
His family and friends, students and staff at Weeki Wachee High are mourning the young man whose nickname was “Big Boi.”
His memorial service took place on Sunday April 22, 2018. His obituary reads in part, “He was a kind, intelligent, gentle soul…” The writer describes him as a “video game all nighter, group enforcer, and group comedian.” And continues, “The powers that be must’ve saw something great because he leaves us WAY TOO early…”
The community has come together to support Leathers’ family in their time of need. A YouCaring Fundraiser organized by Kara Jacobs, Erika Darkes, Kim Drewniak, Morgan Burburan and Karen Brown has raised $1,884 over their $5,000 goal so far. The funds will be applied to funeral and memorial service costs.
https://www.youcaring.com/sethleathers-1171439
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Seth “Big Boi” Leathers, 16, residing in scenic Weeki Wachee left us prematurely on April 18, 2018. This celebration of life will be far more wordy than Seth ever was, but the young man that he was and becoming deserves a proper tribute. He was a kind, intelligent, gentle soul who in any situation was the first person of a pickup game or sleepover video game all nighter, group enforcer, and group comedian. The powers that be must’ve saw something great because he leaves us WAY TOO early – first and foremost are his parents, Heather Hall and Zach Leathers; brothers, Cain Buchmeier-Leathers and Kaleb Leathers; grandparents, Diana and John Baldner, Tom and Chris Hall, Susan Hall and Jeff and Debbie Leathers; great-grandmother, Ann Lewis; Uncle, John Hall and Levi Leathers; Aunts, Gabrielle Baldner ,Sheila, Jessicah and Uncle Beau Elliot ; Cousins, Brianna, Cooper and his newest cousin Gabriela. Also, friends who were like brothers and sisters, DJ, Eric, Matthew, Ashlee, Dujoin, Kyle, Joseph, Niko, Jacob, Jahkiye, Brady, Brody, Kaleb W., Jason, and Noel; and your surrogate moms, and dads, Keith and Erika-Kim and Derrick – Kara and Jeff-Karen and Joe – and Morgan and Eric. Seth played in AAU Basketball; He was the King of The Step Back Midrange -No Look Passes and Pump Fakes for Days.”AIGHT BET” veteran and Kobe Bryant 08-24 Fan club president.
