Deu'nta KeShun "Pooda" Moore, age 17

Lost to gun violence on March 12, 2021 in Huntsville, Alabama.

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  • Nickname:
    120 Pooda
    5 pooda
    12 broke my soul when i heard my frann was gon RIP for eva have a place in my heart pooda💔0️⃣
    4 We will restore them. - GM volunteer
    2 Thank you so kindly. His mom, grandmothers, and myself his aunt posts frequently.
    5 Can't believe this sucka took your life!
    7 EVERYONE misses you so much Pooda- your Auntie misses you EVERYDAY💕💕
    3 😫😫😫😫😩😩😩😩😩🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
    3 I just lit your 900th candle nephew. 4/11/21🖤
    1 Pooda send us a sign you're at peace please!!! We need this!!!
    2 Why God? Why our Pooda? Why not these animals who kill for no reason?
    3 Unbelievable to this day!
    2 Missing you so much Pooda. I love you.
    3 All we have left is memories.
    2 ROO.
    1 I love you nephew.
    1 Hey Poodroo.
    1 Hey nephew I'm sorry haven't been by. I love you dearly.
    1 3/13 two years you was stolen from us. Death to your killer! We miss you!
    1 We still miss you nephew. 😔
    1 Sorry Pooda I've been busy with doctors appts. I'll never forget you though. I miss you and Brandon.
    1 #LLMYCOUSIN💔😔
  • Number of children:
    5 love you forever-cousin
    3 I miss u so much pooda 💔 love u always baby signed your mother 😘
    1 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
    1 We miss you Poodaroo.
  • Personality:
    22 A nice young man whom was loved by the whole city.
    7 Very funny, laid back, easy going.
    3 You were my great nephew. I'm going to miss you so much Pooda.
    3 Tell your uncle Brandon we said hi.
    3 You are loved by so many people. Wish you could see the out pour of love.
    5 I would've gave my life that night just so you could live.
    4 he was so friendly . loved everbody loved by everybody
    12 this your world pooda 💙💙
    3 goofy and loving💕
    4 AMAZING🤩
    3 joyful💛
    6 He was a sweetheart he loved to laugh and joke and im going to miss him so much
    2 loving 💙💙💙
    2 It's sad we have to go on through this life without you Pooda.
    3 Life is so unfair. You were just a baby.
    3 We'll mourn you until we join you.
    5 Funny, always smiling, loved Zaxby's.
    3 We love you Pooda!!!!!!!
    1 Wish I could kill the sucka that took your life. A sorry coward sob.
  • Occupation:
    3 varsity basketball player at Jemison High School
    2 High school student.
    1 LOVED PLAYING BASKETBALL!!! 🏀
  • Workplace:
    3 High school student.
  • Schools attended:
    4 Mae Jemison High School
    2 miss you everyday my pooda your plump
    3 i cry everyday my first grandbaby
    2 i miss you pooda you was my first grandbaby i love you pooda
    1 We miss you Pooda. God messed up bad this time!!!!!
    2 Rolling Hills Elementary
    2 Jamison Middle School
  • Comments:
    4 ball forver bro love you 0️⃣
    4 I love you pooda 💙 -JaDyn .. see you soon
    3 BALL IN HEAVEN
    4 Why he took you away from us.... this right here hurts
    9 Fly high pooda0️⃣♾ forever look up to sky i hope you looking back.
    2 i love you . 🥺
    2 i love you forever and always bby! see you soon.
    10 I see so many who loved him, and still do. World so cruel!! Lord watch over his friends and fam. Rih
    4 this POODA WORLD we just living in it😔, BALL OUT DAT BABY💔
    5 you taught me everything but how to live without you 💔. BALL IN HEAVEN 0️⃣💙
    4 watch how the city keep yo name alive, we'll never forget you pooda💔🕊
    3 If I Couldve Done Friday Night Differently I Would Have💔 Ball In Paradise Pooda🕊
    2 forever in my heart pooda♥️ - devi n its forever yo world! "shizzle my wizzle"
    10 Took him away from, family, friends and a community that seems to love him. Smh! Cowards! Rih💔
    6 i love you bby, this your world we're just living in it💙 -danielle
    2 love you pooda,ball in heaven , we gone make you proud 💙
    2 i woulda gavw my life up just so u could keep yours bbyboy💔 LONG LIVE POODA FOREVA- mae😢
    2 ILoveYouPooda 🥺💔. Ball in Heavin
    2 love yhu pooda💔 ball in heaven💙💙
    4 cant een hear him call me "luh kendric" 💔
    3 iloveyou forever roodaroo😭🥺... ballinheaven for me🐐.. its forever long live roo💙
    2 rest easy baby boy, you in god's hands now 💙
    3 you were the best ! evb love you💔ima stay string cause ik u laughing at me, RIP🕊💔-shania
    3 Ball In Heaven Pooda Love You mane ❤️
    2 iloveyou poody.. you always kept everybody smiling.. i will see u soon bby 🥺🕊
    3 i love you so much cousin , ball in heaven 💔
    2 i love you booobooo this shit hurt dawgg i still cant wrap my head around why you ? 😓💔
    4 i love you poodaroo 💯 class of 22 gotchu forever mane
    1 ball out in heaven i love u pooda class2020💯
    2 i mean class 2022
    3 ball out in heaven i love u pooda class2022💯
    3 i love you cousin ball out up there for me 🖤
    4 He was a great person and he keep everyone laughing its sad to see him go
    2 he kept everybody laugh ball out in heaven class 2022💯and i love u pooda
    2 he was a great person
    3 he kept everybody laugh he was a great person ball out in heaven 💔i love u pooda
    2 i love you dawg i cant believe you left me dawg💔Ball In heaven bby boy🕊
    3 we love u pooda fr .. 💔
    2 iloveyouu forever pooda ♥️this yo world we jus living it in BALLINHEAVEN🐐0️⃣-ebony
    3 iloveyouroo-Fredfred💔
    6 i love you son💔ball forever myboy🕊 we gotchu foreva
    2 i love you forever 😖♥️.
    2 we love you pooda💔🤞🏽..yo world forever..
    2 i love you 😖😩😩❤️! forever in my heart 🦾
    4 BALL IN HEAVEN ❤️, 0 will always stay alive
    3 i love you pooda 💙dis yo world 0️⃣💔
    3 we love you pooda man🥺🥺💔
    8 Sad! Took him from his friends , family and a community that loved him. Such a coward. Rih❤️🙏🏽
    2 ball in heaven we love you💔💔!
    4 ima miss u son🤍🖤
    4 1 iloveyouu forever pooda ♥️this yo world we jus living in it BALLINHEAVEN🐐0️⃣-ebony
    8 That man is a coward ! How are you a man, taking kids? Sad! Prayers for his fam and friends🙏🏽💙
    6 ian even no you fr dawg but rest up
    2 We will make sure we get justice!! We will not rest!
    2 You were my baby cousin. We grew up with each other. I love you Pooda! ❤️
    3 we will truly miss you, "Team Elusive Family for life"
    2 r.i.p pooda
    3 See you at your home going on 3/20/21. I miss you so much nephew.
    3 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
    3 Long live Roo!!!!!!
    2 For ever 17.
    2 broke my soul when i heard my frann was gone pooda yuh for eva have a place in my heart0️⃣💔😔
    4 one of the sweetest young people I’ve met in my life, gone too soon ❤️
    4 Ima always remember what yu taught me on that court. Love you big bruddah
    4 you really made an impact on people cousin. People were crazy about you. We miss you 😢
    3 i told brandon you coming home soon. yall take care of each other
    4 your mom misses you so much. my heart yearns for her you gotta come back
    2 Hey nephew I'm home. I made it here today. 3/20/21.
    2 I went in your room today. They framed your jersey for Brittany.
    2 I love you Pooda. I miss you.
    2 happppyyyy birthdddayyyy cousin 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
    3 Happy Birthday Pooda....today was suppose to be wonderful.
    2 You were taken eight days before your birthday. Your memory lives on.
    2 Happy Born Day Poodaroo ❤️
    2 happy birthday pooda its crazy dat your birthday is the day before mine
    2 your Funeral is on my birthday pooda 😭
    4 3/22/21 Today we lay you to rest beside Brandon. I'm really not going to see you ever again.🥺😥
    4 you home now baby. Sleep in peace cousin 💕
    3 hes flying high
    3 babbyyyy they showed out for you today 🥰🥰
    4 just seeing how many people were broken by your passing goes to show you
    2 how much of a amazing person you were to every one
    3 long live roooooooooo 😇
    3 Your re pass was live yesterday nephew. Man I wish you could've seen it.
    2 LONG LIVE ROO YOUR RE PASS WAS LIT FRANN IM GLAD I WENT I MISS YOU FRANN SEE YUH SOON- Takerra
    1 Just got through crying nephew. I can't believe this! I'm so angry!
    1 ll my cousin mane
    2 just stopping by cousin. love you dearly
    1 Wish I could trade place with you.
    1 I would've sacrificed my life so you could live your's
    1 Peace be still.
    1 I love you Poodaroo....your auntie Tammy.🖤💔
    1 We miss you so bad. This hurts! We're angry!!!
    1 The Wardogs made you and honorary member of their team nephew 4/3/21
    2 The fact we'll never hear your voice again is painful! We miss you so much Pooda!!!!
    3 I pray we all live to see your killer brought to justice! I hate that bastard!
    3 Never understood the saying they in a better place. Above ground is better. We need you!
    1 It's such a nice day out. I know you would've been enjoying it nephew.
    2 its isn't the same with yuh not here
    2 LONG LIVE ROO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    2 Just wish I could get one more text from you saying "Auntie"
    5 😢 miss you cousin.
    2 Welp it's been thirty days since you passed away. I wish I could bring you back 😪
    3 I still pray for you every night lil cuz ❤️
    1 I cry every night pooda i miss yuh so much 😭
    1 Thirty days since we lost you. Still don't seem real. Miss you Pooda.
    1 we need yuh back pooda i cant take dis nomo😭😭😭😭💔
    3 You were such a sweet, energetic child. My last text from you March 6, 21. Love you Pooda.
    2 cousin 😢
    1 still seems unreal that you're not here we miss you so much
    3 I went to school with his mother Brittany. This brings tears to my eyes.
    3 I miss you baby boy. 😭😭😭😭
    1 Hi nephew...just saying hi. Dam we miss you!!!!!!
    1 Your killer's preliminary hearing is tomorrow. I'm going to curse that b(*(* out!!!!
    2 😢 every time i come on here it hurts to see your pictures and know you're no longer here
    2 so sometimes i take a break, cause its not easy coming on here and writing
    2 it gets harder day by day. We miss you so much pooda roo
    3 your mom.... man she wants to be okay but shes broken without you pooda she talks about you everyday
    2 she misses you so much.
    2 but anyway cousin i love you. you
    3 tell each other you love one another dearly and hold each other tight as
    3 you can and dont let you go. i love yall xoxo Nish
    2 We love you to Nish. Family over everything and everybody.
    1 Your killer's hearing is today. I'm on my way nephew! He gone see me!
    3 dat basterd gon pay for what he did to yuh pooda he gon get whats comin to him and his family🤬💯
    1 It was so hard listening to the detective give his account of the events that lead to your death.
    1 It was hard Pooda. I got up and walked out twice. I wanted to jump on that mf head.
    1 samora
    2 i lit yo 1037 candle today bruh bruh. Luv yu always. Pooda Wrld 5eva
    1 BIgg Bruddah ima see yu soon i promise
    1 Dang pooda this wrld so craxy
    2 Pooda son i got into a fight widd his sister today she was juss talking
    1 Rest up gangkk!!
    1 4/13/21 today marks two months that you've been gone.
    1 And it still hurt like hell!!! I miss you nephew!! Long live Roo!!!
    1 This world is cruel nephew...you are going to be alright. We're the ones left on this sh*thole
    2 Wish we could light your candle multiple times a day.
    1 I love you more today than I did yesterday Pooda. You are deeply missed.
    1 I kiss my pin with your photo in it every day. I miss you so bad.
    1 Your phone number still programmed in my favorites, I be so tempted to call it.
    3 i miss you my dawg 💞
    3 rih💕
    2 LLPOODA💙
    2 I refuse to believe you're gone. This is a nightmare.
    1 They say God don't make mistakes, he did on this one!!!!!!!!!!!
    1 This is to much. Yall suppose to bury us.
    1 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀0
    1 Number 0 Poodaaaaaaaaaroooooooooo
    1 Poooodddaaaaaaaa
    2 It’s been so long since I’ve stopped by but i honestly
    2 Hate coming here cause it’s still unreal that you’re gone
    2 And this is the only way to talk to you 🥺
    2 My heart still yearns for Brittany she’s not okay no matter how
    2 Strong she tries to be she’s hurting without you
    2 It’s heartbreaking ☹️ she needs you
    3 Was just telling Brandon we still miss y’all so much down here
    2 love u son I miss u pooda
    1 Me and Brittany talked on your phone last night.
    1 Oh how I wish it was you on the other end. I love you Pooda. Your great aunt Tammy.
    1 Another day down, but can't say how many more will come. Miss you.
    1 I hope you and Brandon are alright now. 6/28/21
    1 Life can be ugly sometimes, but it my joy having you as a nephew.
    1 Peace, light and love nephew.
    1 We got together with family members we don't see often. Wish you were here.
    1 You are still our world. You are a gem 💎
    1 Pooda Booda is what I use to call you when you were little.❤💜❤💜
    1 Well Pooda today is Nanny's bday, never thought you wouldn't be here to celebrate it.😢
    1 Unknown paths.
    1 They say it's gets easier with time...it doesn't.
    1 Been four short months since you've left us. We miss you so. You are forever on our hearts.
    1 Headstone is nice Pooda. It tore me up to see it. But it's beautiful.😢
    1 🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
    1 Please come back baby boy.
    1 Read every last comment, then broke put crying. Why you Pooda? Why?🥺
    2 I'd give anything to hug you one last time nephew. I'm so sorry this happened to you.
    1 Going through some things down here. Life is a *****
    1 Shaquon got out. I knew you would've been happy to see him.😢
    1 Still can't believe you're not here, you live forever in our hearts ❤️.
    1 I just lit your 500 candle again....o lit your 500 the last time to. 9/5/21
    3 today makes 7 months without yuh. i want to tell yuh that yuh will be a big cousin soon. love yuh
    2 i will make sure my baby knows your name
    1 Your mom is so hurt Pooda. You were her everything.
    1 Well. Nothing we can do mourn and cry every day. That's life for us now.
    2 I want Nanny and Tammy to live to see your killer go to prison for life.
    2 Whisper in your mom's ear while she sleeping, tell her peace will come.
    1 We love you Pooda.
    1 Hi Pooda. We miss you and Brandon. Gone but will never be forgotten.❤
    1 You were my favorite nephew Pooda. I miss you baby boy.
    2 Pooddda buttt 😍😍😍
    2 love u pooda forever see u and bmoe on that other side babboy
    1 It's been 7mnths since I've seen you. I miss you Poodroo.
    3 Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up and you're not here. 🥺
    2 I miss you dearly Pooda. I miss your text messages. Your aunt Tammy.
    1 If I had the power, you would still be alive. We miss you Pooda.
    1 Ball out in paradise nephew. 💔
    1 Mae Jemison High retired your jersey nephew. They'll never be another
    1 There will never be another
    1 Wished you was here to tell me Happy Birthday yesterday 11/11/21. I hate you're no longer here.😢
    1 Class of 2022.
    2 Holidays, birthdays, will never be the same.
    1 When I visit home, I always envision you walking that path to Plump's. I miss you Pooda.
    1 It's not easy knowing we will never see you again! This ain't right!!!!!!
    1 What gives? I didn't light a candle today, why can't I light it??? Admins????
    1 They may have silenced your voice, but your name still ringing! Moores!!!
    1 Donated to this site to keep it up and running, to continue to light your candle.
    1 I think of you every day. And each time, a tear fall. I miss you Pooda.
    1 Merry Heavenly Christmas Pooda. 12/25/21 wishing every day you didn't pass away.
    1 Dec. 31, 21. 9mnths you've been gone, now it's about to be a new year. Just sad.
    1 1/1/22 A new year. It doesn't feel right, it feels like we're leaving you.😪
    1 I'm the only one lighting your candle on most days now. I emailed this site and found that out.
    1 Your mom sent me a video of you yesterday. You were such a handsome young man. I miss you Pooda.
    1 When I get you to 2,000 candles, I'm going to stop lighting. No one is anyway.
    1 1/31/22, the school showed out for you last night on Senior night! I know you're smiling Pooda.❤
    1 I really hate this world now. You should be here!!!
    2 love you little cousin always and 4eva
    2 mines might get over looked but i forever miss you inna day pooda🥺❤️-bobo
    2 you are truly missed, i think about you all da time
    4 you was the 🐐!💔
    1 i love you 😘
    2 Sissy love
    1 Pooda, I miss you.
    1 This hurt so bad. This was the tragic day to an awful ending.😢
    1 3/13/20 the day our hearts were broken. When you died, a piece of us died to. We miss you so Pooda.
    1 I don't want to believe that you been gone a year. it doesn't feel right. 😔🥺
    1 I Love n miss you bruddaman 😭❤️
    2 Happy 19th Birthday.
    2 Your birthday party in your memory was beautiful 🔥!!!!
    2 i luv and will always love u we gon try to all stay strong 🥺💔
    2 Rest easy Roo.
    2 I just lit your 2,000 candle. 5/3/22. Every day I will light.
    2 Life isn't the same. It will never be the same.
    2 Still hard to believe this clown took your life. You're suppose to be here with us.
    1 When I see you again nephew I'm going to give you the biggest hug and kiss. I love you baby boy.
    1 Love you......even in heaven.
    1 When I make it to paradise nephew I'm scooping you up.
    1 Your mom received you high school diploma nephew. To bad you're not here to hold it.
    1 I'll always love you nephew!¡!
    1 This will be forever your world. He may dimmed your light but not our love! WE LOVE YOU POODA!
    1 It's a rainy day today nephew. I love you.
    1 Forever 17.
    1 I pray you get better justice than Brandon did nephew.
    1 I still pray pray for you and Brandon's souls every night. I love yall.
    1 Happy New Year great nephew. 2023 hate you're not here.
    1 Words can't explain how I feel not bring able to talk to you baby boy.
    1 The trial is coming up nephew. I pray this sucka doesn't get off! I pray Justice reigns on that day
    2 HAPPY BIRTHDAY POODA! ❤️✨ I love you and miss you so much cuz.
    1 Happy Birthday Pooda, not a day goes by where I don't think of you.
    1 The last time I hugged you if I knew you would pass away I would've hugged for hours.
    1 Today is your grandmother's birthday. 5/5/23. We miss you and Brandon.
    1 Hey Pooda, don't forget to tell Brandon Happy Birthday.
    1 I keep telling myself it's ok....but it's not. I miss you Poodaroo.
    1 Who took the number of candles away I've lit admins? Sppse to be 80 not 71
    1 It's been a busy week, I moved back home....wish you were here to see me.
    1 I miss you still Poodaroo. Gone but not forgotten.😢

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