Alhaji Hassann

 
ALHAJI HASSANN  
Alhaji Amadu Hassann, also known as Jinny Boy/AJ/ Polo, was born on February 5, 1992 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He is the only son of the late Ousman Marx Hassann and Aminata Hassann. Jinny Boy/AJ Polo came to the USA from Sierra Leone in 2003. He attended Holmes Middle School, Hammond Middle School, and TC Williams High School, all in Alexandria, VA. In 2010, he attended Salem University in Salem, West Virginia, and transferred to West Virginia University for his sophomore year in 2011. Jinny Boy/AJ majored in sports management and played soccer for his college teams, his high school team, and local teams in the Alexandria, VA area. AJ/Jinny Boy passed away July 28, 2012 after surgery to address a traumatic brain injury he incurred in November 2011.Jinny Boy/AJ is survived by his two sisters, Ousmatta and Lauretta, nephew Ousmann Marx, niece Brianna, mother Aminata Hassann, and Russell Sullivan, dad. He also leaves behind brothers Ousman and Rashid Hassann, and over twenty brothers/best friends who came to their dad/pops, Mr. Russell Sullivan through the Capital Area REACH program. Additional friends and family left behind by Jinny Boy/AJ include members of the Sullivan family of Arkansas, members of the Church of Clarendon in Arlington, VA, and his former soccer teammates. In addition to his Aunty Assiatu Hassan, and cousins Alphina and Abdul, Jinny Boy/AJ also leaves behind over 100 cousins, plus aunts, uncles, and relatives, from the Hassan and Kamara families of Margburaka and Freetown, Sierra Leone. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Greene Funeral Home, 814 Franklin Street in Alexandria, VA. Visitation will be held there on Friday, August 10 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. A service honoring Jinny Boy/AJ's life will be held Saturday, August 11 at 3 p.m. at The Church at Clarendon, 1210 N. Highland Street, Arlington, VA 22201. In lieu of flowers, the sisters ask that contributions be made to the Capital Area REACH program (capitalreach.org).