Love and prayers  / Carole Mom To Angel Heather Bates (connected by angels )
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LONG TIME  / MYA JOHNSON (MY PLAY BROTHER )

HI FAMILY IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN TO MY BROTHER I MEET HIM AT WORK. WE WORK TOGETHER AT THE AIRPORT AND JAY MADE MY 8 HRS FEEL LIKE 2. WE GOT SO CLOSE SO FAST I HAVE SO MUCH LOVE FOR HIM. ITS CRAZY JAY TAKE CARE OF ME LIKE WE WAS BLOOD. I WAS 8MOS. PREGNANT AND ON BED REST AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH AND JUST TALK TO HIM TWO DAYS BEFORE ALL HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS MUSIC AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EACH OTHER AT MY BABY SHOWERS ON THE 30. WHEN I HEAR THE NEWS I CRIED FOR NIGTHS AND NIGTHS MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WAS SO HATE TO HEAR OUR NEW BROTHER IS GONE AND DON'T KNOW WHY. I CAN'T SHOW YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM MISS. HIS SILLY AND CARING PERSONALITY MY FAMILY KNOW HIM TO, JAY CAME TO MY FAMILY GET TOGETHER AND FIT RIGTH IN LIKE WE ALL KNOW HIM FOR YEARS. I HOPE EVERYONE THE BEST AND PRAY FOR THE GREIVING FAMILY AND FRIENGS;-)  

 

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Happy Bday!  / Jennifer Reid (Friend)
Happy 27th Birthday Jevon! We miss you very much! We will continue to celebrate the energetic, passionate and wonderful person you are! You're mother continues to keep your memory alive and keep people aware of this disease. You were such a character and made everyone around you feel good. You never took life too serious and always saw the "comedy" in every situation. May you continue to rest in peace! You will forever live in our hearts! Love ya! Jennifer Close

Happy Birthday  / Brooke Green (Shay's friend/client )

I didn't have the pleasure of meeting this young man, but I know how much he meant to his mother.  I am so sorry that you were called home, but your spirit will never leave this earth.  May your mom, sister, and friends feel comfort in knowing you are in a place where no harm will come your way. God Bless!!!! Happy 27th Birthday.

Brooke

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Happy Birthday Big Cuz but it's ur turn to pay up!  / SHANTE' SADLER (FAV CUZ OF COURSE )

Hey J,

Haven't writtten you since long ago, but no need. We speak all the time and although my fear of graveyards are crazy I have paid you a visit of two over the years. We all miss you so much,but there's no doubt the person who misses you most is my all star Aunt Hollywood aka your good ole' MOM DUKES! She brings up your name ALL the time and whether we all laugh, cry, or just sit back and reflect in the aftermath of it all, it's always GREAT 2 remember you! So until our next heart 2 heart J, HAPPY HAPPY 27th BDAY!

Love you always and forever boo,

Tay

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my nigga  / Darryl Sadler

von wats good cuz??? its been a min sinse i hit you up but please know that you are always on my mind and in my heart. oh and a quick update i just had a son two weeks ago. i know you gonna look over him and be not only a big cuzzin but his angel  me and mekhi (my son) would appreciate that. well till next time fam... happy b-day and rain your love over your mother and kena today. be ez cuz

darryl a.k.a beast

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HAPPY 27TH BDAY!!!  / Kena (LlL Sis )
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BROTHER... I'VE BEEN THINKIN ABOUT YOU ALOT LATELY...I MISS YOU SO MUCH I FIND MYSELF GETTING DEPRESSED BUT I'M WORKIN ON THAT BC WHEN I THINK OF YOU USUALLY I'M LAUGHIN TO MYSELF THINKIN ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES WE HAD TOGETHER...I'M HAVIN A LITTLE PARTY TOMORROW SO I'M GONNA DO IT UP 4 YOU.... I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.... I'LL BE TALKIN TO YOU SOON... YOU SHOULD STOP BY MORE OFTEN.... HOLLA AT MOMMY TOO... Close

Happy Born Day  / Linz
Damn...you a Oldhead, 27. Sike Naw...Haha. I remember when you was 18 nigga. Wow...def a LONG time. Ain't nothin really change since I was out there wit you on the 30th last month. We All still tryna ride out, still thinkin bout you. Kena havin a party 2moro night. Ima throw a couple shots back 4 you. Ima holla at you tho. Ima get on you...ima be out there in like another week or so. One Close

Happy b-day  / Lauren
Jevon,

You were on my mind today and I could not figure out why until one of my clients asked me the date. I smiled and said to myself happy birthday Jay. The one thing is you are never far from my mind. I loved you so very much and I still love you I just have to come to terms with the fact that it will be awhile till we meet again.  I did not know that loosing someone would be tis hard but I took for granted that you would always be here. I know that you are looking out for all of us here on Earth. You and your family are always in my thoughts. I love you. Happy 27th b-day.

Love

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I never met Jevon but knew him through his mother!  / Peggy Bowers (Friend of Jevon's Mom! )

Jevon was a young man that I never had the pleasure of meeting in person.  But through the years and countless hours in Miss Shay's shop I had come to know her son Jevon.  This is a young man that is truly loved and adored by his mom.  Anyone who has a child knows the depth that this love has.  And when you listen to Shay speak about her baby boy you know that this is the kind of love she has for her son.  May he rest in peace.....God bless

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Happy Birthday  / Sharon Sadler (Aunt)

Hey Big Man, 

 Happy 27th B-day!  We all miss you so very much.  Especailly that big smile and laugh when something would crack you up.  Everytime I think you laughing like that it puts a great big smile on my face.  You would be so proud of your mom and Kena.  Your mom has good days and not so good days but (as you alread know) shes just as FABULOUS as ever, even more so, because she has such a great strength and inner beauty that God has given her and that I believe is connected to you. She also carries such an awsome testimony. She wants to enlighten and educate the world on this mental illness and in turn share you with the world and all the joy that you brought to so many of us.  I also know that you're watching over your lil sister.  Kena has grown into a great young woman that I know you are proud of and would want to hang with and that's always the greatest compliment a big brother could give a little sister just wanting to hang out together.  I know you see that your cuz has had his baby boy, but what you may not know is what he said after the baby was born.  Darryl held the baby in his arms and said " I can't wait to tell you about two great people in your family, your uncle Kahlil and your cousin Jevon, because they would have loved you so much and definetly would have given you a nickname so we have to come up with one and make Jevon proud" .  So you see bigman, your cousins and your uncle haven't forgotten about you and niether have I.  YOUR SPIRIT IS YOUR LEGACY and that will live on in our hearts & lives forever. We miss you!

Love,

Aunt Star (help me to keep shining)

 

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YOU ARE TRUELY MISSED  / GEE (A GOOD FRIEND )
HEY ITS GEE, WORDS CANT SAY WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN I DO THINK OF YOU, I REMEMBER SO MUCH IN SO LITTLE TIME THAT WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER... YOU USE TO PICK WIT ME LIKE CRAZY WE'D JOKE BACK IN FORTH ALL DAY LONG EVERY TIME WE WOULD SEE EACH OTHER IN THE HALL EVEN BATTLED OVER WHO WAS MORE FUNNY, I MISS THOSE DAYS...YOU'D TALK ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS I GOT AND I'D ALWAYS SAY WHY YOU FOLLOWING ME TO THE LUNCH ROOM, I TRUELY WANT TO SAY YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN AND THAT YOU HAVE A GREAT BIGG PIECE IN MY HEART I MISS JUST LIKE EVERY BODY ELSE DOES AND BC IM IN TX I CANT BE THERE BUT I WILL CELEBRATE 2MROW WITH YOU I LOVE YOU JEVON AND MISS YOUR CRAZY BUTT, LOVE ALWAYS YOUR GIRL WITH ALL THE KIDS "GEE" Close

I've learned so much  / Lamont (Cat) Edwards (Close friend )

Yo Jevon I can't believe how the time just went buy and I apolgize for not doing this sooner, I have been thinking about you for a while, I remember when we both were struggling Looking for a job a few years back and we would go out every where filling out apps. We would throw on the latest mixtape CD and just ride everywhere looking for work, and we would talk about how we regret losing our old jobs mine being at Ancora and yours being at the Airport. Well I'am back on the job hunt trying to do the right thing except this time I gotta do it alone, maybe that is what spawned my recent thoughts of you, but I thank you for what you said to me when we were hunting together and I was having the urge to go back to my old ways of making money, U put it in funny words but it was the truth and I love you for that. U always had a way of making a bad situation into a humerous situation for that matter any situation a humerous matter. We went from boys to men together, litteraly from the third grade to adult hood, when you transferred from berlin to voorhees I followed in high school what a coincedence and then after highschool, thats a lot of history, I remeber we had a little game we would play, when ever we would get in or out one another's car we would take a Cd or the whole Cd case, we were not stealing from each other but this way we had a reason to come back to that persons house or car and we did this for years, so for instance if I were to drop Von off at home or vice versa by the time that person got home U would get a call like Yo did U just get me for my new Jay-z cd? and the other person would just crack up laughing but then U knew eventually U had to go back and see that person(so u could get your CD back too LOL!). The Sad part is I still have some your of Cd's and you never came back and got them. I thank God I had a friend like U and I doubt I will ever have another like U. So now as I Look for work I'm also embarking on another dream and that is acting in hollywood and i chose this thinking of U and if I could it would be Rapping but I'm not that good at that. u were great at rapping but I think you would have been a better comedian, Katt Williams and those guys have nothing on U. But if ican have half of the personality that you had just in everyday life I know I can make it in hollywood. I promise Von when I get right your Mom and your sister and their offspring will never work again and if they do hopefully it will be for me or with me. i Love U always Bro and I will write more later to let U know more about my progress.

 

COol cAt

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Valentine / Carole Mom To Angel Heather Bates (connected by angels )
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love / Carole Mom To Angel Heather Bates (connected by angels )
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blessings / Carole Mom To Angel Heather Bates (connected by angels )
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Wishing you and your family a  / Carole Mom To Angel Heather Bates
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Jevon, May you and your family..  / Carole Mom To Angel ~Heather Bates
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Thank You for Opening My Eyes  / Kaleah Riley
Hello Ms. Shay you may not remeber me but my name is Kaleah Riley and I am one of the children you came and spoke with at Medical Arts High School. I would like to say that what you are doing is the most wonderful and beautiful thing ever. You are saving many lives and inspiring and opening peoples eyes about an issue that many do not take seriously. I am extremely apologetic about your loss. I can't even begin to say that I understand the pain you went through because no one can understand a mother's love. But I do want to take this oppurtunity to thank you for opening my eyes because i did not know mental illness was fatal but now that i do know I can now have the chance to help others just as you are doing all thanks to you. God Bless You and Your Loved Ones and may Jevon Rest In Peace. Close