DeQuan was born on June 24, 1987 to the loving parents of Robert Edward McHatten and Berdina Moore.
He attended and graduated with honors from Lamar High School in Arlington, TX in 2005. He joined the United States Air Force achieving the rank of a Staff Sargent. After 10 years of honorable service, he decided to change career paths and become a business owner in Tacoma, WA. DeQuan was a faithful young man of God who was fun loving and respectful to family and friends. Kindness and generosity was his personality.
He was a beacon of light to his father, mother (who preceded him in death), grandmother, Ann McHatten; aunts, Sandra McHatten (Howard), Sharon McHatten, Sheila Harris and Deborah Kelly; uncles, Trinity McHatten, Charles Bell, Raymond Moore and Brian Moore as well as a host of many relatives and friends. Dequan will be truly missed and always remembered by all who knew and loved him.