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Photos: Ezra Hill Jr. Memorial Foundation holds 5th annual rock painting event for late DeKalb boy

By David Toney for Shaw Local News Network
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Georgina Peña (left) and her son Andy Valtierra, of Little Rock Arkansas, paint rocks and talk with Andrea Elion, mother of the late Ezra Hill Jr. on Saturday, June 7, 2025, during the Ezra Hill Jr. Memorial Foundation’s 5th annual rock painting event held at Tyler Elementary School in DeKalb. The foundation was created to memorialize the late DeKalb boy, shot and killed in 2019. Andrea had her son's heart donated to Andy in the wake of Ezra's death.

Georgina Peña (left) and her son Andy Valtierra, of Little Rock Arkansas, paint rocks and talk with Andrea Elion, mother of the late Ezra Hill Jr. on Saturday, June 7, 2025, during the Ezra Hill Jr. Memorial Foundation’s 5th annual rock painting event held at Tyler Elementary School in DeKalb. The foundation was created to memorialize the late DeKalb boy, shot and killed in 2019. Andrea had her son's heart donated to Andy in the wake of Ezra's death. (David Toney for Shaw Local News /David Toney)