Odd Bits of Life in New Orleans

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1. Connie - January 13, 2008

so very, very sad. My precious 32 year old son with cerbral palsy died on April 26 but I know he woke up in the arms of Jesus and is in a wonderful place with all of the victims above. My prayers are with these families.

2. Remember Chanell, Remember Them All « Odd Bits of Life in New Orleans - February 29, 2008

[...] New Orleans, NOLA, Remember, silenceisviolence.org, victim, violence trackback Ever since I posted a list of all of the New Orleans dead of 2007, not a day goes by that this site is not visited by people searching for their loved ones on [...]

3. Tiara C. Williams - March 15, 2008

This will be the first time I write something on the death of my godbrother only because it seems so hard to believe he is gone. His name is Dwayne Landry and he was shot in the back of his head on October 1st 2007. He was 25 years old, definitely too young to die, especially the way he did. He was a United States Army man, he worked for the New Orleans Sheriffs Office and he did security work. Perhaps he was too much of a goodie for whomever it was that took his life but I want the world to know that when he died, the world was a less better place for it. He was always the mediator and the humorous one, and my better half. I still hear him say “No Tee” whenever I get mad and want to whip some ass. Words cant explain how much I miss my brother. We spent countless holidays together, we shared stories, and though we weren’t blood related, I was closer to Dwayne than I am to all of my blood related family members. We had hard times together, we came out of battles together, when his father died, I was there and when my step-mother and grandmother died, he was there for me to talk to. This was a young man who was the youngest of both his parents children and yet someone felt he had to go. I know everything happens for a reason and who am I to question god, but I still dont understand, “Why Dwayne?” This was a young man who took care of his only child, loved with his whole heart regardless of how many times it may have been broken and always held out a helping hand. And though no one is perfect, in my mind he was. Feel me when I say tears roll down my face as I write this and I dream about him almost everynight. And everytime I have a dream with him in it, the dream seems so real and I say these words everytime, “Dwayne, It’s really you and you’re not dead” and I hug him and I dont let go until I wake up and reality hits again. I believe that silence is violence because if you know a wrong has been done you should tell someone. Please don’t wait until it happens to you or someone in your family because by that time, its too late. I know that catching the person who killed my brother will not bring him back but I know it will keep that person from hurting anyone else. My heart goes out to all those whom have lost a loved one to crime because one is too many. People, we need to speak up and take our city back because people are being killed in places we used to just hang out and have fun. Anyways, if you knew my godbrother then you probably know me and you know I tell no lies when I say he was a great boy and an even greater man. I cried when he went to the military a week after 9/11 because I could stand the thought of another man killing him in a war, but he made that decision which helped him evolve into manhood. I never thought this would be the way he’d die.
Rest in Peace Big Brother
Love You Always
Tiara

4. Markus - March 15, 2008

Thank you for that, Tiara. I encourage others who find there way here to leave behind a remembrance. Anonymous posting is OK. You don’t have to jump through a bunch of hoops to just type something.

5. Markus - March 16, 2008

Another memory link, this one to a single comment by a victim’s sister on BlogNOLA about Dominic Bell.

6. Wendy - May 14, 2008

Carmen Leona Reese…
an amazing girl who wasn’t afraid of anything,
she was so full of life! the one thing that set her aside from everyone and the reason she became my friend was her laughter. she was my Love as i called her, my best friend, my everything… ripped away from me just like that… by some low life who will didn’t deserve to have seen her beautiful face.
all she could think about was her 18th birthday that’s all she prayed and wanted was to turn 18…
and it was taken from her. only a week and a couple days more and it was hers…
it’s hard for me to admit she’s gone, i keep thinking that one day she’s going to come back to houston ring my door bell and tell me all her great stories about what she has seen and done…
i miss her so much…
and it’s because of her that i believe in heaven because there is no other place that she could be…
while she did some bad things her heart was that of a saints…
i miss you my love….

7. KEYONNA - May 15, 2008

LOUIS HEIM

We miss you like crazy. Your smile melts my heart and touches my soul. I love Louis like I never loved. Look how fast 11 years pass by ,we was just at our prom together. I think god daily for the two percious gifts you left behind for me. Your son talks about you and smile. Sometimes, I find myself smiling when I see him looking at me. Though your sons, your spirit lives on. At times, I’m mad as hell to know somebody took you away from us for something so minor. People don’t understand the meaning of life any more.I know one day we will reunite; in addition, I know you are watching over us. Until then, I hold on to our memories and laugh at your silly jokes that only I understood. My prays goes out to the families that has lost someone. Stay strong and though god you will make it though the storm. Loving you always, my high school sweetheart and my love……

8. Wet Bank Guy - May 15, 2008

Thank you Wendy and Keyonna for coming here and leaving your memorials. I’ll put up a new blog post pointing back here so that newer readers are more likely to come back here and find this.

What is remembered lives.

9. Thank you, Wendy and Keyonna « Odd Bits of Life in New Orleans - May 15, 2008

[...] Not a day goes by that I don’t have visitors coming in from Google or somewhere else to that page, a constant reminder on those days when the newspaper is free of reports of another shooting. Not many people leave comments, but I got two in one day and thought I should call them out. Please go read Wendy and Keyonna’s comments on the post Silence is Violence Remembers. [...]

10. Dionne Atley - May 19, 2008

This message is dedicated to my brother-in-law, George Hankton, III. Life brings about sudden suprises and you not being here is one of those surprises. You were one of the kindest people I have ever met. I thank God for the opportunity to have known you and your nieces will miss you greatly, especially Kyleigh Reese. She still asks where you are each time we visit home. I love you, George! You are Hollygrove’s Finest Fallen Soldier!

Love your Sister in Law for Life,
Dionne a.k.a Sunshine