Cedrick Harshaw

Cedrick Harshaw was an 18-year-old senior from the Granite Falls area whose life was shaped by close family ties, a passion for music, and an eagerness to pursue service. According to family accounts reported at the time, Cedrick enjoyed boxing and rapping and often spent time with friends and relatives sharing music and conversation. He attended Hibriten High School and had expressed plans to enlist in the military after graduation, a goal that spoke to his desire for direction and commitment.

Family members described Cedrick as friendly and loving, a young man whose presence mattered to those closest to him. His mother, Dawn Davenport, and brother, Zonquarius Pierce, recounted moments from the family’s everyday life and emphasized how much he meant to them. Cedrick’s interests — from working on his boxing skills to creating and listening to music — were part of the small, ordinary joys that shaped his life and how people remember him.

Though public records and local news focus on the tragic circumstances that ended his life on January 5, 2021, the facts that family and friends shared point to a young person with hopes for the future and connections that mattered deeply. This remembrance honors Cedrick not for how he died but for the relationships, ambitions, and everyday humanity he left behind. Those who knew him remember a son and brother whose friendly nature and love of music and sport gave his life its particular warmth.

Because there is no family-published obituary located in the public record that matches the published death date exactly, this life sketch is based on verified reporting and family statements available from established local news sources. It is offered with respect for Cedrick’s family and the privacy of those grieving his loss.