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Pugh: Family prepares to say goodbye

By By KARI PUGH For the Stafford County Sun
Published: November 12, 2009

WOODBRIDGE — Funeral arrangements have been set for one of two Forest Park students who died in a suicide pact this week.
Eighteen-year-old Quirinius Williams was preparing to apply to the Juilliard School of Performing Arts. Now his family is preparing to bury him.
Williams and 17-year-old classmate Desiree Patrick died of gunshot wounds Nov. 2 in what police called a suicide pact. The two were seniors at Forest Park High School in Prince William County.
A funeral service is set for Friday at the Miller Funeral Home chapel in Woodbridge, and a burial will follow at Quantico National Cemetery. Williams' parents — Michelle Aguilar and Dennis Williams — both served in the U.S. Army.
Police have not commented on a motive behind the suicides of Williams and Patrick. The two were found in the bedroom of Patrick's Triangle home.
A funeral service was held for Patrick was held Nov. 6 at Covenant Funeral Home and she, too, was buried at Quantico National Cemetery.
Patrick is survived by her parents, two brothers, a sister and both sets of her grandparents.
Quirinius leaves behind six brothers and sisters, along with his parents and stepfather. He was preceded in death by his 4-year-old sister, Briana Aguilar.
Williams' family will receive friends Thursday at Miller Funeral Home on Golansky Boulevard from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. His funeral begins at 12:30 p.m. on Friday.
Kari Pugh is a staff reporter for Media General’s News & Messenger.