your lost is very painful. but ur safe now n il c u soon.RIP MARIO.

Mario...I never told you when you were here with me next to me shaking hands in warm ups getting ready for games together...But I admire you with everything in my heart, as a person as a friend and as someone I looked up to. To still think that your not hear I cry every time because why is it you why not me you had everything in front of you everything and now what happens your future was so bright and long and someone took it from you. Its not right you deserve and worked to be here and I would do anything to get you back here Mario I LOVE YOU.

kayla hornsby

15 years ago

I MISS U CUZ

Mario: It's still surreal to me that you are gone. I know and believe in my heart that God took you off this earth for a reason. Of course we as humans don't understand why or what that reason was but we all know that you're in a better place. Cousin Sckeet(er) It still hurts that you are no longer with us in person, but knowing you're in a better place and being with us in our hearts makes it bearable for me. I love you and I miss you (too much). Save the rest of us a seat in heaven (next to yours). Love Always, Your Cousin, Kaprice

I still can't believe ur realli gone. It just doesn't seem to be true, As I drive pass Oak Groove just about everyday just to say hi I still can't swallow the feeling that remains. It seems as if you just left for vacation or left early to college. Your mom and dad has been the strongest thru all of this. And ur friends they still come around. Everything ur friends and family do we do it for you. And ur brother he looks just like you. Its crazii. Man, i wish I could see u again, but until then watch over me, our family and friends, aight! **My Guardian Angel**

We will never understand why these senseless acts of violence happen which end in the death of innocent people. It's sad that Mario was taken from you so soon, so young, and with so much going for him. I pray for you all in Massachusetts, especially his family and closest friends. God be with you!

Could make this hurt any less. Till we all meet again. Fly with the angels young man, and watch over those who are left behind!!!

MARIO I LUV U...U WAS LIKE MY COUSIN AND A OLDER BRUTHA IT WAS JUS YESTERDAY WE WAS GONNA CHILL AND HAVE FUN U WAS MAD COOL I LOKKED UP 2 U...YOU ALWAYS HAD ME LAUGHIN HELPIN ME GET THROUGH RUFF TYMES I JUSS WANNA LET U KNO I LUV U 4REAL WE ALL GONNA MISS YOU IMMA SEE U WEN ITS MY TIME IIGHT R.I.P.

SORRY ABOUT THAT, MY THTHOUGHTS GO TO HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY

WHERE AM I

EVERY I TIME I GET OFF THIS PAGE I GOTTA COME BACK AND STARE AT YOUR PICS IMA MISS YOUR SMILE AND THE WAY YOU ALWAYS HAD A ATTITUDE ........AFTER THAT PARTY YOU TOLD ME AND MY FRIENDS TO GO HOME YALL DUMB UGLY YO THEM DAYS IMA REALLY MISS I LOVE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!R.I.P MARIO

this is raeseana mario i love you and miss you the good die 2 young

YO sckeet dis Drew i remeber that time when it was me ,vic , James and i think jeff was there , fam me and u rap battled and everyone said u beat me lollol even tho u cant rap , u only beat me cuz u stole some of JAYz's lyrics. It Was a GREAT time we HAd rite B4 ur game. that was just one of the fun times i had with u i miss u. I cant believe ur gone FAM , i kno u Watchin ova me, it crazy how me and u wear the same number for different sports. U KNO imma scor foYA kid,this hole season. LOVE YA KIDD, IM OUT

yo sckeet i really cant belive ur gone i feel that ur on a vacation or collage i also feel like this a dream like imma wake up an just see u . its jus so hard to accept this. man i just dont know wat to do wit myself. u keep me from doin dumb stuff, but imma miss u and i love u and please look over and imma see u agin one day. by:lil bro dwade

I neva knew as a person besides another student at Central High School . I've always wonder why things like this happen to person who are tryin to make their life better for them . Like I said I when to Central High school I have seen you around but neva had the power to go up too you and say something but now all want to do is rewind time and get that chaces to finally meet you as a friend and maybe more. Soon or later I'll meet you again just up in the sky where my friends which I call angles and up their and when my time is up I'll talk to the angles and tell them to save me a spot right next to you. If i had a chance again i would wanna be your firned and to all the other people who knew him one love and god bless. " IN MY HANDS I PRAY THAT I'LL SEE YOU SOME DAY"

Man I miss u Mario ... I've known u since I was seven ...I remeber when all used to play football in the field and I would the only girl there and u guys still tackled me like I was a boy.l0l...I remember playing Man-Hunt on Wilard St....We had so much fun growing up but when U got into High School we all went out separate ways but u still came to my house a chilled when u had time...I miss watching u and Lee playing ball ...I miss when u tell argue with people ....It would be so funny when u called everyone ugly... I miss hearing that basketball bouncing coming around the corner I would look and it was u always with that basketball in your head... I remeber 3 years ago when we all was sitting outside and we was talking about when we grow up ...and u said I don't care where I go I would never leave u guys and I always remembered that...But now that ur on a higher level and left me...Who's gonna give me advice when I'm having my issues??.... But my heart goes out to u babyboy ...I love u and I love the fam with all my heart ....Keep Shinin

I didnt know Mario as a friend but he was a great inspiration growing up in the streets of springfield i play for an aau basketball team out of springfield and wathcing mario play inspiredme to work as hard as he did to become as good as a player as he was .....THANKYOU MARIO R.I.P.

I didn't know Mario but I don't think that even matters now. I work with teens and I see this boy in every young man I encounter. I pass Oak Grove every day and I look at Mario's grave site and I get angry. This young man's life ws just beginning. At the funeral, his teammates looked the way I was feeling. They looked stoic, numb, unbelieving. As an adult, I can't make sense of this so I know these poor kids are so confused and probably haven't been able to...fully comprehend his loss. I drive around with Mario's picture on my dashboard. Such a beautiful young man to be gone from us for absolutely nothing. No excuse in the world could make up for this. Because I believe that God controls all things, I have to rely on my faith that God had bigger plans than Brandeis and Basketball. I hope his family finds peace and your Mario will always be remembered. I think the kids of springfield will make sure of that.

mario was my first born nephew and my mother's first grandchild. i wish i had the mind set of my brother mario about not feeling hate toward the person that did this to him, but i don't . the person that did this stole mario jr's life from us. i am raising three sons the same as my brother. so as a mother i know the hurt that has been caused. i loved my nephew very much. i love his brothers as well. my oldest son looked up to little mario like a big brother instead of a cousin. when i made my way back home to alabama from attending the funeral, all i could still think about was my nephew not being here in our lives anymore, all because of some kid that deserves to die for what he did.

Thats not a picture of Mario

I dont know who mario is but the story of how he overcame all odds and strove for excellence is amazing. It is an example that all things are possible once you make a commitment and put your mind to accomplishing it. My heart breaks for the family. It is so sad that a young man who turned around to make hislife better was gunned down in this senseless killing. I pray that the Holy Spirit comforts his family. Hopefully mario's life story will spur teenages towards taking effective steps to change their lives for the better. May God be with the Hornsby family In Jesus Name. Amen

Just wanted to let the creator of this site know that the photo you have here is not Mario Hornsby, Jr. You should at least have had enough respect for him and his family to get the picture correct....

wow its crazy how your really gone how god just took you away from us but now we knoe that your in a beter place watching ever thing we do!!!but one thing is you well never be replace or forgotten!!!you will be missed more than ever!!!

To the family of Mario it is still a matter of why in my mind a young man with a bright future in front of him and someone felt the need to take that from him the question is why? To the family be strong weeping may endure for a night but thanks be to God joy comes in the morning!!! God Bless

RIP Bro.....you had so much going your way, you'll be missed

Friends and family mourn death of Mario Hornsby and rally against violence