Tim Fletcher lived only 20 years, but he made a big impact on others during an abbreviated life cut short by senseless violence.

The young Pine Hill man is set to be laid to rest Saturday, just over a week after authorities say he was killed in a random shooting while he was riding his motorcycle.

“He loved people so much,’’ said his mother, Cynthia Fletcher. “Everybody thought he was their best friend.”

Just three weeks ago, Tim was injured, and his beloved motorcycle totaled, in a crash. A heavy equipment operator who worked for Vulcan Materials Co. in Auburn, he had been off work recovering at his parents’ Wilcox County home. He was set to return to work on Monday.

When his motorcycle was destroyed in the wreck, Tim got one of his old bikes out and had it repaired. He picked it up from the shop Friday and was taking it out for his first ride since his injury. Afterward, he was planning to meet up with friends.

“He liked to ride the curvy roads,’’ Cynthia said. “He loved anything that went fast.”

It was sometime around 4 p.m., according to law enforcement and family, that Tim was riding on Highway 162 when he was shot in the back and the head.

When Tim didn’t show up to meet with his friends at 5:30 p.m., they became worried and started calling around because he was never late. Through the grapevine, one of them heard Tim was “on the side of the road” and one of his friends rushed to Tim’s parent’s house in hopes that it wasn’t true.

Tim’s father, Scott, went to Highway 162, but his son’s body had already been removed from the scene. Cynthia said it took about four hours to confirm their son’s identity. “His wallet was taken, so they didn’t have his ID for a while,’’ she said.

Wilcox County Sheriff Earnest Evans said they were initially dispatched to the scene on a report of a motorcycle accident. Once there, however, they discovered Tim had been shot. The State Bureau of Investigation was brought in to assist in the homicide probe.

“He was shot off his motorcycle,’’ the sheriff said. “We don’t usually have stuff like this.’’

Marlon Mendenhall, 18, and Maurice Powell, 17, are charged with capital murder in the drive-by shooting of a Wilcox County motorcyclist.

Witnesses in the area at the time were able to provide leads to investigators, which led to the Saturday arrests of 18- year-old Marlon Mendenhall and 17-year-old Maurice Powell. They were known to lawmen and had been seen driving around in the area at the time Tim was shot and killed, Evans said.

Mendenhall and Powell both were arrested earlier this month – on June 1 – in connection with the shooting of Powell’s stepfather. Court records show the victim in that case was shot in the leg with an assault rifle. Mendenhall was charged with first-degree assault and Powell with first -degree domestic violence.

Both are now charged with capital murder in Tim’s death. It is a capital murder charge because, according to the sheriff, the suspects shot Tim from inside of a vehicle.

Cynthia said her son, who was the eldest of her two children, was a people person who loved to make others laugh. “He’d do anything for anybody,’’ she said. “He was constantly stopping and helping people on the side of the road.”

She said there is no way to make sense of what happened because there is no sense in what happened. “We know it’s part of God’s plan and we have to trust Him. Somehow, he’ll use this for good for somebody,’’ she said. “Tim touch a lot of people’s lives.”

Asked how she wanted her son to be remembered, Cynthia said this: “He loved people and people should go out and love others. There’s no sense in violence and hate.”