Kevin Lamont Barnes, Jr., age 28

Lost to gun violence on October 21, 2017 in Richmond, Virginia.

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  • Nickname:
    4 JR.
    3 Lil Kevin
    3 Kevin
    3 GUCCI MANE
    3 Bruh
    3 BIG KEV
  • Number of children:
    3 2 and 1 deceased
  • Personality:
    8 Bright, Funny, Motivated, Family
    3 simple
    4 hardworking, loved his children dearly,
    4 Think of you every day of my life❤LOVE MOMMY
    3 A great son💕 brother💕 father and uncle❤
  • Occupation:
    3 DETICATED SON❤💕
    5 SUPER DAD❗/WONDERFUL HUSBAND
    2 court today kev. they suspended 2 years.😪 he still go 20. We 💘 MISS YOU SO MUCH
  • Workplace:
  • Schools attended:
    8 Henrico High School
    2 J.Seargent Reynold
  • Comments:
    3 HAPPY 29TH BIRTHDAY KEV
    4 "HAPPY FATHER'S DAY", You were a wonderful father.!!
    3 HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! ❤🇺🇸ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOLIDAYS❗.LOL🇺🇸
    3 TODAY OCTOBER 10TH. GOING TO GET JUSTICE FOR YOU KEV
    3 WE 💘 LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH 😒
    3 Got some relief for you today Kevin.
    4 But it wont bring you back to us but he wont see the light of day for the next 22 years
    2 A YEAR AGO YOU WAS TAKEN AWAY. "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN"
    2 "WE SALUTE YOU❤"
    3 "MOMENT OF SILENCE "PLEASE" 5:17. Oct. 21
    3 YOUR SON TURNED 8 TODAY. ❤
    3 Court today they suspended 2😪 He need life. WE. MISS YOU❤ SO MUCH
    3 todaynis Thanksgiving. wish you was here. its not the same. LOVE AND MISS YOU❤❤💝😪
    3 MERRY CHRISTMAS. WE MISS AND 💘 LOVE YOU DEARLY SON
    2 New Years.😩another year without you. MISS YOU💕
    2 NEW YEAR 2019 IS HERE KEV.
    3 GEONI'S birthday today. 9 yrs
    2 RIP BABY BOY. BOTH OF YOU. 💕🌹🌷
    2 "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY SON💕❤
    2 today you would have been 30 years old Kevin happy birthday we miss you
    2 "HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON"🎂 MISS YOU SO SO MUCH.💕
    2 30 years! Today we celebrate you! We all love and miss you so much❤️
    2 We all miss that smile and bubbly personality that filled the whole room
    2 A TRUE SOLDIER IN MY HEART,"HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY"
    2 "HAPPY 💕FATHER'S DAY" 💕2019 son.
    2 YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST💕🏆🇺🇸FATHERS EVER💕🌷
    2 YOUR SON MADE THE ALL*STAR BASEBALL TEAM AGAIN!
    2 HEY KEV" 4th of JULY again . wish you was here 🇺🇸MOMMY LOVE AND MISS YOU💕
    3 THANKS TO YOU👈KEV YOUR KIDS MOVED INTO THEIR HOME TODAY💕
    2 THAT'S something you always wanted for your kids was a home💕
    2 But you got the best home💕in heaven🙏
    2 JULY 22 2019. Your dream finally came through for your babies💕🙏
    2 DONT WORRY. WE GOT YOU!!
    2 Your Baby girl Ivy is turning "6" ! she loves and misses you so much. She loves visiting you
    3 🎂"Ivy 6 today🙌
    2 💕🙌Ivy started 1st grade this year"❗zay i
    2 Hey Kev. today is Oct 11 Bruh bruh birthday is today. Wish you was here to celebrate with him
    2 WORLD ✋STOP"❗❗❗
    2 October 21, you was taken from us so suddenly. 😔😢You are truly truly missed
    1 MY HEART ACHES AT THE THOUGHT OF WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH IN THAT DAY OCT.21 AT 5:17 😢
    1 2 years ago today our hearts was crushed❗LORD GOD I THANK YOU FOR THE STRENGTH YOU HAVE GIVEN ME🙏❗
    1 MY HEART IS HEAVYLY SADDENED AT THE THOUGHT OF YOU BEING GONE FOREVER. CANT BELIEVE IT😔
    1 Your aunt Freda ❤️U
    1 HEY KEV❗ZAY ZAY BIRTHDAY 🎂 IS TODAY. 💕 your baby🙏 boy. 💕He IS turning 8 today🎉🎈❗✋
    1 THE HOLIDAYS ARE NOT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU KEV💕
    1 ANOTHER THANJSGIVING WITHOUT YOU. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED TO YOU
    1 ANOTHER "CHRISTMAS" KEV😢 NOT THE SAME WITHOUT YOU😢
    1 2020. Another New Year without you. But YOUR MEMORIES STILL GOES ON!
    1 MERRY CHRISTMAS DAD. from your babies "ZAY AND IVY" MUCH LOVE
    1 🙏⚘🎈💝😍👑
    1 well all miss u moms and me love tay snd brenda
    1 REST IN PEACE 🙏KOBY/ GIANNA/GIONNI AND KEVIN😥
    1 Zay asked to go see you today. He cleaned your grave off and put down stones
    1 Another 🐰EASTER 💝 Kev. not the same😔
    1 "ANOTHER "BIRTHDAY" without you. but We GOT YOU!!! we gonna celebrate you FOREVER❤️‼️
    1 MUCH LOVE❤️🥰KEV🥇
    1 happy birthday my friend
    1 missing you
    1 "HAPPY BIRTHDAY "💝 you would of been❤ 30 years old🙏
    1 🎉IVY🙌 TURNING❤ "7" SOON⚘
    1 Hey this month has been 3 years. seems like yesterday that you was here with us 😪😔
    1 KEEP ON RESTING SON. WE ALL GOT TO COME DOWN THAT RODE ONE DAY. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
    1 ❤🎊YOUR SON IS TURNING 10🎉🎊TODAY
    1 ❤YOU WOULD BE SO PROUD OF HIM 💝AND BABY SIS. GREAT❤ KIDS
    1 ZAY GETTING ON UP THERE. 10 YEARS OLD! SEEM LIKE YESTERDAY
    1 ❤️Thankgiving gone. we are Thankful for your kids you left us Amazing they are JUST like you. 🙏
    1 CHRISTMAS JUST AINT CHRISTMAS WITHOUT THE ONE YOU LOVE KEV😓
    1 Love you big bro, you’re definitely missed down here
    1 Another New Year. its been a rough year for the whole world Kev
    1 Hang in there. WE All GONNA HAVE TO JOIN YOU ONE DAY🙏
    1 Bucks finally went to the play offs this year ❤️
    1 Gone but never forgotten love you big bruh
    1 Hey Kev. THEM BUCS FINALLY MADE IT TO THE SUPER BOWL❗❗❗👍👍💞
    1 I will be going for y’all in the super bowl this year -Desy
    1 Hey Desy👋
    2 Your baby brother Desy turned 20! Wish you was here to celebrate with him❤️
    1 Wish I could just spend my birthday with you big bruh
    1 Appreciate the birthday wish kev I can feel it it my heart
    1 I had fun for my bday only thing I was missing was you
    1 Keep watching over me bruh ❤️
    1 GAME ON! GO BUCKS!!!!! WIN FOR ❤KEV YALL🙏
    1 Super Bowl tomorrow I will be going for y’all in name of you
    1 Your team made it all the way for you bruh
    1 Buck won the SUPER BOWL for 👈 KEV. ❤🙏 THANKS TOM BRADY
    1 HAPPY V DAY BRUH. LOVE YOU
    1 Kev gramma Clara passed away. she coming to watch over you until we come🙏
    1 "HAPPY 🍰BIRTHDAY "SON.💞
    1 You were one of the "BEST DAD'S EVER"
    1 FATHER'S DAY 🙏👨‍👧‍👦MEMORIES TO YOU KEV🙏
    2 🎊I VY💞 TURNED 8🎊 YOUR BABY GIRL 🧁
    1 Missing you nephew can't believe it's been 4 years luv and missing you like ❤
    1 I miss you
    1 Living you (holding on tho the love and memories) ot mourning you. Miss you
    1 RIP KEV💞 YOU ARE TRULY TRULY MISSED🙏
    1 I miss you the love your family is still the same
    1 Desy- I love you and miss you every single day
    1 TOM BRADY HOLDING IT DOWN FOR YOU 🏈🎆KEV."GO BUCKS"🏈
    1 4 years gone by. seems like yesterday. We miss you so much
    1 Gramma Jenny LOVE and Miss you so much🙏
    1 Think of you EVERYDAY! your love and memories will always live
    1 Zay doing it up in football him🏈 and your newphew
    1 They are 22 and 0 doing those Tom Brady moves. "Go BUCKS"
    1 Zay🎉 turned🎁 11 nov 7, 2021. your precious son. WE MISS YOU SO MUCH💞😓1
    1 Christmas just aint Christmas WITHOUT THE ONES WE LOVE!😓
    1 CHRISTMAS 2021 NOT THE SAME KEV
    1 NEW YEAR 2022. NOT THE SAME WITH OUT KEV MAN😓
    1 🤞hope the BUC win that superbowl again Kev❤🙏
    2 They(bucs2022) LOST boo🙄next year though kev for you!!!❤
    1 2022. wow cant believe its been almost 5! years you was taken from us. 🙏🏿😒
    1 Sorry they didn't make it to the superbowl 2022🙄🏈
    1 🎊HAPPY💥 BIRTHDAY🎉 KEVIN. 💞WE MISS YOU SO MUCH❤
    1 Happy birthday I will always love you
    1 Happy fourth of July. aunt Verne trying to leave you a comment but it won't let her WE LOVE YOU
    1 HAPPY 4TH. USED TO HE ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOLIDAYS BESIDE ST. PATRICK'S DAY
    1 "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAY IVY. FROM DAD
    1 Bruh bruh birthday today. 32years old. wow
    1 October 21,2017 5 years! wow
    1 GONE BUT NOT FORGETTIN!!!!!!!
    1 CHRISTMAS JUST AIN'T CHRISTMAS WITHOUT THE ONE YOU LOVE!!!!
    1 CHRISTMAS JUST AINT CHRISTMAS WITHOUT THE ONE YOU LOVE KEV!!!
    1 Buc lost kev 2023. NO SUPERBOWL THIS YEAR
    1 Happy big 34 big bro!! We love you continue to watch over us!
    1 HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM IVY ZAY And KENNEDY WE LOVE YOU
    1 I love you always
    1 Aunt Freda
    1 Happy birthday 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
    1 Happy 4th KEV!!
    1 6 years today. GONE TOO SOON!!!!
    1 MERRY CHRISTMAS KEV!!!MUCH LOVE 2023
    1 ANOTHER YEAR WITHOUT OUR KEV. 2024.

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