James Gibson Alverson IV – known to all as Jimmy – passed away peacefully at age 20 on November 20, 2023, surrounded by his family at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. His death resulted from complications of medulloblastoma brain cancer, with which he was diagnosed in 2015, and AML leukemia.
Jimmy was a lifelong resident of the City of Falls Church. He participated in Falls Church Kiwanis Little League and Greater Vienna Babe Ruth baseball, Falls Church recreation league basketball, soccer, and flag football, high school golf, and Cub Scout Pack 657 and Scout Troop 895. He graduated from George Mason High School in 2021. At the time of his death, Jimmy was a junior at James Madison University, where he majored in sports and recreation management. He was a member of Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ in Arlington.
Jimmy is survived by his parents, Susan and Jim, his sister and his brother-in-law Sarah and Neil Menon, his brother John, his sister Rebecca, his grandmother Judy Alverson of North Tustin, California, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
A private burial service for Jimmy took place at Oakwood Cemetery in the City of Falls Church. A celebration of Jimmy’s life will occur at a later date.
