Liam Eliot Haddock, 9, of Chattanooga, TN, passed away on June 9, 2019 at T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital.

Liam was an impatient boy, entering the world a full eleven weeks earlier than he was meant to. This worried quite a few people and has been widely regarded as a bad move. However, it would set the tone for the rest of his far-too-short life. He both entered and exited this world long before we were ready. But that should come as no surprise, as Liam was never in the habit of following the schedules of others.

Liam was an inquisitive boy, forever asking questions about even the littlest of things. And even when he would get the answers to those questions, they often weren't the answers he was looking for, so he would ask even more. Given time, Liam would have addressed every mystery of the universe, and the universe itself would have responded out of sheer respect for his persistence.

Liam was an impassioned boy, pursuing his interests with indescribable zeal. He was an evangelist for everything he loved, from science and superheroes to cheeky pop music and junk food. When he grew up, Liam wanted to be an astronaut and a rock star. He wanted to write comic books and build robots. And anyone who knows him knows he would have accomplished each of those objectives and still had time to squeeze in a couple hours of video games at the end of the day.

Liam was an impartial boy, treating every person he met as a friend and every friend as family. He didn't go anywhere without making a connection to someone. Sometimes that connection lasted a few minutes and never reached the name-swapping stage; other times it would last years and change the way his parents would define the word "family."

Finally, Liam was an impossible boy. At times, he was impossible to live with. He was impossible to keep clean. He was impossible to satisfy. However, he was also impossible to not love. And life feels like it will be impossible to live without him.

Survivors include parents; Ryan and Michelle (Lane) Haddock, siblings; Dexter Haddock, Rory Haddock and Salem Haddock all of Chattanooga; Paternal grandparents; Jerry Haddock of Rossville and Donna Haddock of Chattanooga, Maternal grandparents; Kevin and Jill Lane of Cartersville, Ga., as well as a host of friends.

The family wishes to extend sincere thanks to the doctors, nurses, and staff of T.C. Thompson Children's Hospital at Erlanger, to the EMTs and bystanders at the scene of the accident, and to the officers of the Chattanooga Police Department.

A celebration of Liam's life will be held at eleven o'clock on Saturday, June 22 at Heritage House in Heritage Park. Friends and family are welcome to attend. Media inquiries and requests concerning the ceremony may be directed to Ross Schell at (478) 957-2552. As an expression of sympathy, the family suggests making a donation in Liam's name to the Chattanooga Public Library. More information can be found at https://www.friendsofthelibrary-chattanooga.com/donate.html

Arrangements by locally owned and operated Ponders Brainerd Chapel, Chattanooga, TN. (423)531-4002 "Funerals, Cremations, Cemeteries, Florists" YOUR SELECTED INDEPENDENT FUNERAL HOME"