They gathered yesterday at Sharon Hill District Court seeking justice for Faith Sinclair.

They came to be sure she is not forgotten, that the man charged with snuffing out her life realizes what has been lost.

Lemuel Payne was held for trial after a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Edward Gannon. He faces charges related to the fatal hit-run accident on Aug. 3 that took the life of the 16-year-old Ridley High student as she was crossing Chester Pike in Sharon Hill.

If Payne, who remains free on bail on electronic home monitoring, has no idea what kind of pain he is believed to have inflicted on Sinclair's family and friends, he does now.

He was met in district court yesterday by a legion of her supporters, many wearing T-shirts emblazoned with her smiling countenance and a simple message: "Gotta Have Faith” or “Our Faith.”

It is something they will be doing today at Ridley High School, where they will hold a pep rally in her honor and announce the results of a fundraiser in her memory.

Lemuel Payne is charged with taking Faith Sinclair's life when police believe he slammed into her in his black Mercedes, then fled the scene. But he could not extinguish her spirit.

Her friends and family are making sure of that.