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Akeem D. Nelson, age 20

Lost to gun violence on July 14, 2017 in Kennett, Missouri.

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  • Nickname:
    1 rose
    1 keen ily
    1 R.I.P Akeem ILY
    2 i miss and love you keem
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    11 Goofy
    8 caring
    4 loving
  • Occupation:
    11 full time daddy
  • Workplace:
    10 Taking care of Ayden
  • Schools attended:
    3 Kennett High School, ASU
  • Comments:
    8 Gone 2 Soon Keem! We celebrate the gift of your life❤️
    2 We thank you God for all the precious memories of you!🙏🏼
    1 TT Loves U beyond Death, ALWAYS
    5 Ayden
    1 💙💙
    2 2x's💙💙
    1 true friend! love you, Keem♥️
    2 lost a good person from this world R.I.H Keem
    4 Dude was always laughing when i seen him haha rip keem
    2 Keem gone to soon forever in our heart and memories
    2 we love you Keem!! fly high baby boy☺☺☺
    1 love you keem ❤️ gone but never forgotten 😘
    1 rest easy baby boy you'll forever be missed😘😇
    1 fly high keem 🙏🏾
    1 love u bruh and miss u like crazy i will see u on the flip side just hold my place
    1 I love you cuz you taught me alot in life mane gone too soon
    2 RIP KEEM!
    1 Real , Funny , Loving , Cool Person
    2 rest in peace my heart goes out for the family someone we all knew or our boys grew up around
    2 Love you Keem 💙💙 Forever with me 😚😙
    1 lovw you mane
    1 luv u nephew
    1 Fly High K9 💙 We Love You 💙
    1 R.I.P. AKEEM **FLY HIGH K9**
    1 love you man, bless you and your family.
    1 Fly High Keem💓
    1 Love you cuz. Gone but def wont be forgotten. Rest up Keem 🙌🏽🙏🏽
    2 rest up bro gone but never forgotten
    1 long live keem 😥
    3 REST IN PEACE KEEM NOTHING BUT GOOD VIBES😇
    2 Rest in peace..
    1 Get yo sleep broski I love you mane fr 💯❤😔
    4 R.I.P Akeem god gained an amazing angel
    1 fly high!! gone but never forgotten!!!
    1 .I lovd you favKuh 😘💙🤞🏼 2xs
    1 .I love you cousin 🤞🏼💙 2xs
    1 RIL Keem..Love you always!!!😘😘
    1 rip baby boy gone to lone
    1 LLK😘😘
    1 THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!!
    1 such a tragedy, taken to young.. prayers for the family
    1 prayers for the family
    2 didn't know him but judging by the comments you were a Damn good person. ..RIP
    1 RIP Akeem praying for the family
    1 rest in peace... gone but not forgotten
    1 Love U "ADN" Heaven a better place!! Keem On Deck!!!!
    1 rest in peace
    2 This young man was very Loved!!! Good to see so much Positivity on his Page!!!
    2 Such a tradegy! A young life taken with so much ahead of him. So hard to understand why.
    3 RIP Akeem 👼💙
    1 2xs ♿️♿️
    1 we love
    1 Haven't forgot about you 💙 Rip Akeem👼
    2 Rest up keem watch over us
    1 Missing you
    2 Love you! Rip Akeem 💙
    1 Still can't believe that your gone 😔 Rip Keem 👼
    1 RIP Keem 😞🤞🏾
    1 Miss you , Rip Akeem 👼🏽💙
    1 💙 missing you 😘
    1 I miss you 💙
    1 Rip Keem , I miss you 💙
    1 We miss you down here. RIP Keem ❤️.
    1 Miss you so much !
    1 Gone but never forgotten love you k9 💙
    1 Missing you 😪💙
    1 💙💙💙
    1 Rip Keem 💙
    1 Gone to soon
    1 ♥♥♥♥
    1 RIP 💙

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