Jovon Emmanuel Shropshire was born February 29, 1988, in San Diego, California. He was called to rest on July 6, 2024, from his battle with cancer at the age of 36.
Jovon was a devoted father, loving brother, beloved son, grandson, nephew, uncle, and cherished friend to many. Jovon lived a life of fun, laughter, and sarcasm. He considered himself uniquely special as he was a leap year baby and loved to tell others his leap year age. He found pleasure being a social media and internet troller. Jovon became an avid San Francisco 49ers fan at an early age. His love of the San Francisco
football team is vividly known by his sons, family, and friends. During his later years in life, Jovon developed a desire for Bible knowledge and tried to share that knowledge with others.
Jovon attended the following schools: Encanto Head Start, Fulton Elementary, Monterey Heights Elementary, Palm Middle, and Point Loma High. He graduated with the Class of 2006 at Mount Miguel High School in Spring Valley, California.
As a child, Jovon was very active playing soccer, baseball, football, and basketball. However, his favorite pastime was anime and playing video games such as Super Smash Brothers, Super Mario Brothers, Zelda, and World of Warcraft. His love of video games led him to enter video game tournaments where he won many championships. Jovon was a self-taught electric guitar player and enjoyed playing cards such as Pokémon, Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Magic. He was affectionately known by his close friends as the video game master and leader of the pack. During the summer, he spent many weekends entering card tournaments and he frequently attended Comic-Con.
At age 16, Jovon completed a work-readiness and on-the-job training program sponsored by the San Diego Youth at Work program. He was known for having a great work ethic and positive attitude. Later in life, Jovon was employed as a cashier and manager at ACE Parking, and a bank teller at Metro Bank and First National Bank of Pennsylvania. He was also cofounder of Jst Mobile Detailing.
Jovon was preceded in death by his grandfathers; Punkey C. Donnell, Kenneth Shropshire Sr., and Dr. Robert Anderson, and grandmothers; Walter “Mama Jean” Baldwin and Nancy Alferos.
Our beloved Jovon will be forever loved, cherished, and remembered by his sons; Ja’Mier, Ja’Siah and Ja’Vion, parents; Adriana (Walter “Mitch” Sr) Anderson and Kenneth Shropshire Jr., (Michelle Holmes), grandparents; Francisca and Delia, five brothers; Walter Jr “MitchyMitch”, Christopher Sr., Keyon, Jasiah, and Tyland, sister Demetria, five nephews; Charlie, Javauhn, Micah, Ermias, and Christopher II, six nieces; Alliyah, Laila, Emani, Londyn, Selah, and Camryn, and a host of cousins, aunts, and uncles.
