Nolan Wells Funeral Will Be Livestreamed After Mysterious Death on Horn Island

The family of Nolan Wells will celebrate his life after the 18-year-old disappeared during a Fourth of July outing to Mississippi’s Horn Island and was later discovered dead.

A memorial service for Wells will be livestreamed Monday, July 20, at noon ET on theGrio.com and theGrio’s YouTube channel.

Actor and media mogul Tyler Perry is paying for the services, according to CBS News.

Wells’ parents, Christine and Elmore Wonsley, previously announced on Instagram that services for their son will be held at Center Pointe Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

Visitation is from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. local time, followed immediately by the funeral service at 11 a.m. Christine said that the repass will be “private.”

TheGrio reported that Rev. Al Sharpton will serve as the officiant for the service.

As Globe previously reported, after Wells disappeared, his body was found in the water near the island two days later following an extensive search.

While investigators have said drowning is suspected, they haven’t released an official cause of death, and the case remains under investigation.

The Mississippi college football player traveled to Horn Island with a group of friends to celebrate Independence Day, and the boat left around 9:56 a.m., according to CBS affiliate WLOX.

Wells was last seen near the island around 3 p.m. One of his friends, Tracestin Shepherd, told Good Morning America that the teen wanted to stay behind at a party because he met a girl, and it seemed like “he really did like her.”

Wells’ family has pushed back on the claim that the teen voluntarily stayed behind on the island, and they’ve hired civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump to conduct a separate investigation into his death.

The three friends who accompanied Wells have retained attorneys.