JACKSON COUNTY -- A vehicle wreck on Mississippi 57 killed teenager William Driebergen on Sept. 18, 2009.
A Highway Patrol official said Driebergen, 16, died when his pickup truck ran off the highway just south of Bunker Hill Road.
The 16-year-old was junior at Vancleave High School and a member of the soccer team.
According to www.wlox.com, the soccer coach says Chris Driebergen was an intelligent person; school friends, who have built a memorial wall, say he was always laughing; they and relatives say he cared about people and would help whoever he could; his mother says he had a full life.
William Christopher "Chris" Driebergen, 16, of Vancleave died Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, in Vancleave.
Chris was born Dec. 27, 1992, in Goldsboro, N.C. He was in the 11th grade at Vancleave HIgh School and member of the VHS soccer team. He attended St. John's Episcopal Church, where he was a member of the youth club and served as an acolyte.
His family said that one of his many passions was playing his bass guitar.
Chris is survived by parents William and Kim Driebergen, 9-year-old sister Ashton Driebergen, grandparents , aunts, uncles and numerous cousins.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, at St. John's Episcopal Church in Ocean Springs, where friends may visit one hour before service time. Interment will follow in Biloxi National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials made to the Vancleave High School Soccer Team, 12424 Mississippi 57, Vancleave, MS 39564.
Bradford-O'Keefe Funeral Home in Ocean Springs is in charge of arrangements.
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