Tuscaloosa family creates scholarship fund in memory of son

AT HILLCREST HIGH IN TUSCALOOSA WILL WALK ACROSS THE STAGE INTO THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. BUT ONE OF THEIR BELOVED CLASSMATES WON’T BE THERE TONIGHT. CAMERON PRINCE LIVE WITH A HEART DEFECT FOR YEARS BEFORE PASSING AWAY LAST YEAR. NOW HIS PARENTS ARE MAKING SURE THREE STUDENTS WILL HELP CARRY ON THEIR SON’S LEGACY. ONLY ON WVTM 13, RICK CALI BRINGS US THAT STORY. THE DATE HAS BEEN ON THE CALENDAR FOR YEARS, BUT BEFORE SHE HEADS TO HER SON’S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION IN TUSCALOOSA, TAMMY PRINCE IS VISITING HER SON. IT STILL SEEMS A LITTLE UNREAL THAT HE IS GONE BECAUSE IT JUST FEELS LIKE HE’S JUST AWAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND JUST HAVEN’T CAME HOME YET. CAM PRINCE WAS ALWAYS A FIGHTER WHEN HE FAINTED AT THE AGE OF SIX AND DR. FOUND THAT HEART DEFECT. HE FOUGHT BACK. CAM WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL. CAMERON FLATLINE. THREE TIMES AND ON THE THIRD TIME HE WAS SHOCKED. BACK EVEN AS A KID, CAMERON PRINCE HAD IT ALL PLANNED OUT. SO WHAT IF HIS HEART CONDITION PREVENTED HIM FROM PLAYING SPORTS? HE WOULD HAVE TO STAND ON THE SIDELINES AND WATCH. SO THAT WAS VERY HARD FOR CAMERON. BUT HE ALWAYS FOUND OTHER OTHER ALTERNATIVES, OTHER AVENUES TO STILL BE A PART OF WHAT HE SAW. HIS FRIENDS, CAM PRINCE WOULD IMPRESS HIS FRIENDS WITH HIS MUSICAL TALENTS, HIS PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS, HIS FASHION SENSE. AND WHEN HE WENT IN FOR SURGERY FOR HIS DEFIBRILLATOR CHECKUP, THE HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR FIGURED HE’D BE BACK IN ACTION IN A FLASH ON NOVEMBER 17TH. HE WAS SCHEDULED FOR HIS TEN YEAR BATTERY AND LEAD CHANGE OUT, WHICH WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL. A BIG DEAL FOR A BIG GUY WITH A BIG HEART. EARLY THE NEXT DAY, THE NEWS ARRIVED. 328 WE RECEIVED THE CALL THAT HE HAD PASSED AWAY EVEN THOUGH HE HAD THE HEART CONDITION. I NEVER SAW THIS COMING. I NEVER SAW HIM LEAVING US. TAMMY AND HER HUSBAND, CALVIN, HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THEIR SON SINCE THE PAST 18 MONTHS AGO. HIS BEDROOM, IN FACT, IS ADORNED WITH BIBLE VERSES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT UNTOUCHED. HOW OFTEN DO YOU COME IN HERE? EVERY DAY. MULTIPLE TIMES. EVERY DAY. MULTIPLE TIMES. AND IN THE MIDST OF THEIR MOURNING, THEY HAVE FOUND A WAY TO KEEP CAM SPIRIT ALIVE. THEY FORMED THE CAMERON PRINCE LEGACY FOUNDATION DAYS AGO. THREE HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WERE AWARDED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY. MARY RANDOLPH SMALLEY WILL ATTEND AUBURN. MORGAN TAYLOR, SOUTH ALABAMA AND AUDREY ELLIOTT, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. YOU’RE EXCITED THAT YOU’RE DOING THIS FOR IN HONOR OF YOUR SON, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT’S THE REALITY OF YOU DOING IT FOR YOUR DECEASED SON DOESN’T ALL THE PAIN MUCH, BUT AT LEAST IT IT IT MAKES ME IT THE SUPPORT OF OTHERS. THAT WAS A TOUGH DAY, BUT THE SUPPORT OF OTHERS JOINING US TO JUST SHOW LOVE THAT THAT WAS A BIG HELP. CALVIN AND TAMMY WILL BE ATTENDING HILLCREST HIGH GRADUATION. AND AS THEY DO, THEY WILL TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE HELPED CAM’S CLASSMATES. IT’S A BITTERSWEET GRADUATION. IT WILL BE. IT’S THE MOMENTS LIKE THIS THAT IS KIND OF HITTING ME PRETTY HARD BECAUSE I KNOW NOW I WON’T SEE HIM GRADUATE AND THAT HE’S NOT COMING BACK. AND OVER THE WEEKEND, WHEN COMMENCEMENT IS COMPLETE, CALVIN AND TAMMY WILL BE BACK AT THEIR SON’S GRAVE. SUNDAY IS OUR DAY TO COME VISIT HIM, TAKING TIME TO SHARE MEMORIES OF A SON WHO CARED SO MUCH. HE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. SO THERE’S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT HE’S RESTING AND GOD IN TUSCALOOSA