Family, friends and the Jacksonville community are paying their final respects to those who died in a racist attack at a Dollar General store in New Town.
A memorial service will be at The Bethel Baptist Church on Friday at 11:30 a.m. for Angela Carr.She was sitting in her car outside the Dollar General after dropping someone off.The Rev. Al Sharpton will give her eulogy and her family’s attorney, Ben Crump, plans to make a national call for Justice at today’s service.
“She was a caring mother,” said Dr. David W. Green Sr., who is the pastor of St. Stephen AME Church where Carr attended. “She was a person who was a provider. She provided for her family. She was just a loving, caring mother, who brought her child to church, and they had a church home.”It will be at Joshua Christian Faith Center on Saint Clair Street in the Woodstock neighborhood.The 19-year-old had just graduated from high school and had dreams of becoming a professional video game streamer.
“Jerrald I was a very loving person,” said Demornae Gibbs, who is Gallion’s sister. “Very hard-working. He loved his family.” “If anything, I want his name to make us love one another a little bit more,” said Latiffany Gallion, who is one of Gallion’s other sisters. “Love this person a little bit more. Love that person a little bit more. We have to love each other a little bit more. So, he does not die in vain.”There are GoFundMe accounts for each of the victims’ families.
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