Marcus Anthony Jones, age 17

Lost to gun violence on August 10, 2014 in Davenport, Iowa.

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  • Nickname:
    6 Marco Polo
    3 Marcus (his real name was Anthony)
    1 Marco Polo (and please don't allow anyone to delete this)
    1 Marky, (and please stop deleting this, it,s very disrespectul to our family)
    2 Marcus (Anthony was his real name)
    1 Marky when he was litttle and only grandma and mom could call him that as he got older
    1 Marco Polo; by grandma and summer friends at a campground
  • Number of children:
    8 he was taken before he could, but wanted many with the woman of his dreams
    1 Zero, but wanted many after he found the girl of his dreams
  • Personality:
    8 he was a funny and sweet person
    6 loyal to those who he loved and cared about and a friend to those who he didn't know
    6 good person to talk to about anything whenever to need to laugh he was there
    5 he was a good boy and he didnt deserve what he got R.I.P
    11 beautiful blue eyes
    12 one of a kind ❤️❤️❤️
    1 Marcus had a heart of gold, he was there for everyone, loved kids and would have made a great father
    1 Marcus loved to make people laugh, he couldn't stand seeing anyone sad
  • Occupation:
    1 teenager, just getting started
    1 Burger King, McDonalds, Hardee's and was going to start at UPS when he turned 18
  • Workplace:
    4 McDonald's and was to start at UPS but was murdered before it could happen.
    1 Last place of employment was McDonalds
  • Schools attended:
    4 Lincoln, J.B.Young, Central, West in Davenport Iowa.
    7 Marcus just passed his GED. His diploma came after he was murdered
    1 Lincoln elementary, J.B. Young, Davenport West and Davenport Centeral
  • Comments:
    6 Death does not define us nor does it stop us from being
    11 Those who took away his physical life forgot about his spiritual one.
    4 Marcus is with us now more than he ever was in life and he looks down on ALL of us
    7 I remember marcus when he was lil man we truly love n miss you cuz
    3 Rest in Paradise. Love from Bakersfield California💙
    1 Rest in paradice
    1 love from durant oklahoma
    2 Sending love and prayers -From Bakersfield CA
    2 Love and prayers from Tacoma Washington -Jennifer Landers
    1 Sending love and prayers💗☹️You’ll forever be missed♥️B.I.P MARCUS😘
    1 Love from above...🦋🦋🦋.
    1 Love, Hugs, Thoughts,. and Prayers from Bakersfield CA
    1 Marcus went for his GED and passed - his diploma came in the mail about a month after he was killed
    1 He never got to see the diploma and that's too sad.
    1 He had the most beautiful color of blue eyes and a handsome smile to match!!!
    1 To the person who likes to delete the coments left here; you can't kill him twice
    2 and by deleting you are only making his memory stronger - so therefore he lives on!

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