Romane D. Taylor, age 17

Lost to gun violence on September 2, 2018 in Homewood, Illinois.

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Nickname:
4 Lil ro

2 budda man

2 RORO

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Personality:
4 mean, goofy, smart

5 funny,outgoing,handsome

2 Loyal

3 Solid

2 ride or die

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Comments:
6 Long live Lil Ro

3 we love you big bro see u soon

3 we love and miss you yaya💔

2 Love u big bro meet u at the gates real soon

2 We love u yaya it’s very hard living with our u but I’m go stay strong for you

2 Longlivekingro

2 🤧🕊💔💔my one and only big brother I will always be remembered

2 I am my brothers keeper 🕊🕊❤️

2 R.i.p baby boy we love u and we got u down here🕊❤️❤️💉

2 I hope u are happy up there and I’m going to make u proud big bro

2 We staying strong for u yaya we love and miss u

2 Rip u was a real king 🙏🏽🕊💯

2 Lil ro was the realest n**** u could ever rest up big bro

2 🙏🏽🕊💯🤞🏽🤧

2 My guardian angel fly high Pooh 🕊🙏🏽❤️👼🏽

3 It still don’t feel right wit out u🕊🙏🏽🖤

2 I love you Ro we miss you down here ❤️

2 LLKR!🕊

2 We do it for u big bro 💔👼🏽🕊🙏🏽

2 I’m really tore up inside yo death was a tragedy u will never be forgotten

2 LLKR🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🕊

2 Realist n**** I knew 💔💔💯💯💯

2 Gone but never forgotten 🌹🌹🤧🕊

2 We go see u real soon big bro

2 U always go be wit us fr

2 Definitely will be missed

2 Why you ro......why they have to take u

2 🌹💔🕊u go forever live though me

2 👼🏽💔😤🌹🌹🌹🌹

2 Fly high lil ro 🕯🕯🥀🥀

2 U shouldn’t even be on this page lil bro🥀

2 U will forever be my bestfriend love u

2 Rest up ghee u was a real one 💯💯🙏🏽💉

2 ^ they took a real n**** ofn 💔💯💯🕊🌹🙏🏽

2 Yo laugh lit up a room i can’t wait to see it again

2 I miss🤧u coming in the house buggin us and trying to play fight us

2 It’s not suppose to me like this at all this broke my heart in pieces

2 U know we got u and yo Lil sisters💯💉🖤👼🏽

2 Rest up lil bro we love u ❤️

2 All the memories washed down the drain

2 Be there real soon lil bro

2 Ik u and loso choppin it up🕊🕊👼🏽

2 R.I.P baby boy 🌹🌹🖤

2 Ily yaya❤️❤️😘

2 Ily ro ❤️💔💔

2 rest up lil bro

2 gone but never forgotten

2 ily you yaya see u soon

2 it still dont feel right wit out u but im go make it and do it fo you big bro i swear

2 LLKR fly high kid forever in my heart ♥️

2 Love u big bro

2 Ily shorty forever ♥️♥️♥️

2 R.i.p my Lil shoota on gang💯💉🙏🏽L💤

2 Rest easy gang ‼️♥️💉

2 Love bro u was with me thick and thin and you stay on mind everyday Love You bro RIP YaYa

2 Today it’s been three months and this shit still don’t sit well wit me

2 Love u yaya see u when I get there

2 Why u have to clock out on us roro yo name will forever be remembered

2 This still don’t feel real we all live and miss you LLKR🤧🕊

2 Why you have to go

2 Throwing L💤 up for our bros 😪🕊💔

2 LLKR my boy

2 U go forever live long 🙏🏽😔 rest in paradise

2 Long live u 🙏🏽♥️

2 Love you yaya

2 U don’t know how bad I miss u ghee 😔😫💔

2 I wanna hear yo voice just one more time pls ghee 😫🕯💔

2 I’m hurting so bad 🤦🏽‍♀️😔

2 I need U so bad 💔😫🙏🏽

2 I LOVE YOU YAYA💔

2 💔😫🙏🏽

2 LONGLIVEYOU😘

2 I miss u so much omg it’s killing me😩😩

2 U was well respected will continue to honor yo name as a real roblock Cappa on L💤😔😤😡

2 I love you lil bro you a forever live long you really hurt us with this one 💔 LLKR 💉🕊

2 Love u yaya 😘

2 Roblock cappa 💉🚦💯

2 This this yo world we just livin in it

2 Foreva screaming longliveRoRo 👑

2 LilRoland 🖤💔💉💯

2 😔

2 I don’t won’t the memory and pictures I just want u here😔😪😫💔

2 😘💔

2 huhhhhhh we need u down her roro mannnn damn😥😥

2 8 mouths witout u it dont even feel like 3 mouths yet we love u yaya wait on me 😇

3 Love u yaya

2 Longlivekingro❤️

2 Lilrogang, fashoo u livin thru me ❤️😇

2 Freebuckxlilro L💤🤝

2 LongliveRoRo you foreva living thru me

2 💔😘

2 Foreva screaming longlivelilro

2 Why you leave me yaya 😞💔

2 You finna be 18 ina couple of months we gone show out for u fashoo❤️

2 U not even suppose be on here lil bro damn ghee 😞

2 I’ll be lyin if I ain’t say I really miss my dawg😢

2 👑💔😇🕊

2 Ghetto angel 👼😘

2 See you soon 😞😘

2 Love u

2 Everything changed when u left 😞💔

2 😘

2 Llkyaya missing u every day😢😢 TalorGAng💪🏾Rest son

2 😢😢🤦🏾‍♂️❤️❤️

2 😘♥️💔

2 U bout to be 18 in two months bro still don’t feel real u forever living thru me 🖤🕊👼🏽💔

2 Seeing u in dat box witout no soul dat shit left me cold L💤 💔🕊

2 💉💉💔🖤llkyaya 👑 17 years wasn't long enough for me

2 I’m sorry yaya 😞💔

2 The day u lost yo soul wish I could take it back I’m sorry Ro💔

2 💔🕊 i miss u

2 Llkyaya 👑real 👑

3 Long live king ya ya

2 I called yo mama ma she helped understand what u then been through I wish I could of saved u 😞

2 Longliveyou we love u yaya I think about u everyday 🙏🏽💔

2 Ghee I swear I been going through it every sense u left I miss yo ass

2 Your an angel of mine 👼🕊🙏🏽😘

2 I try not to question god Ro but sometimes I just don’t get his ass 😢🤦🏽‍♂️LLKR

2 Promise to love u forever through life and death I’ll never forget u and that’s real shit 😘

2 I promise when it’s all over we’ll have a bond 🤝💯❗️

2 My mane in the dirt bro he ain’t coming back 🤦🏽‍♂️😫

2 Love you

2 I miss u so much 😞

2 Miss u bro ♥️

2 I love u yaya❤️

2 LLKR 🕊💔

2 🤟🏽🅰️🤟🏽🅰️w🌎rld

2 🤟🏽ayaw🌎rld ❤️

2 👼💔🕊

2 Rest In Paradise yaya🙏🏽🕊💔

2 💔

2 Foreva screamin LLKR

2 Ro drive 🚦

2 L 💤 or shell’s outstanding member🤝🤟🏽🕊

2 Lilroland📍

2 ❣️

2 All the real n****s in heaven man I need somebody to call 😪😩

2 They Took u to soon 💔🥀 r.i.p yaya

2 🥀💔

2 Wish u was here wit me u will always me missed❤️🕊

2 longlivero foreva going to war behind u

2 meet u at the gates yaya

2 Yo day came so soon yaya I miss and love u so much

2 🥀🕊it’s not one day that u don’t cross my mind I love u yaya❤️

2 Foreva going to war behind yo name

2 I love u yaya ❤️🙏🏽👼🏽

2 Real n****s dying heaven seem like the place to be 🥀💔

2 ❣️🥀💔

2 Heaven was just a word to me before uncle pig and u passed 💔🕊

2 Feel like I keep calling out to u but u won’t answer 😞😪

2 🕊🥀💔 🙏🏽

2 I’m jealous your happy without me 🙏🏽🕊🥀

2 💚❣️

2 💜

2 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

2 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

2 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

2 It’s yo w🌍rld yaya we just living in it 💐

2 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

2 😪💔

2 The real menace 😈 🖤🤟🏽 longliveYAYA

2 ❤️🖤💜😈🥀🤟🏽💤

2 Birthday in 4 days bro u should be here I miss u so much long live u ❤️😇

2 Love u yaya ❤️

3 LLKR

2 Save me a spot yaya love u ❤️😘

2 I love

2 Happy birthday yaya love u g🔞👿💔😘

2 I love u yaya ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

2 U should be here it’s really getting to me 🥺😥

2 Love u Ro 🥺❤️

2 longliveyou

2 LilRogang

2 U foreva gone be wit me ❤️

2 Learning to live without u will never be easy 😢🥺

2 Love u Ro

2 I’m gone always stand behind u til I’m beside u❤️

2 🥺missing u like crazy right now yaya

2 I love u yaya ❤️

2 Times getting harder Ro 😤😞

2 💜💔

2 I’m really missing u down here ro ❤️🥺

2 💔🕊

2 love you yaya

2 yo death brought me anger yaya LLKR foreva screaming yo name boa

2 Long live the king man fasho 🕊❤️

2 L💤

2 Damn everything changed when u left 🤦🏽‍♀️🥺🤧

2 All Love boa ❤️

2 Missing u like crazy 💔

2 Ima reunite wit my demon realll soon LLKR 🥀🕊

2 Long live The fucking king 💔

2 I’m on go foe Ro 👿💔🖤

2 🥀💔😘

2 real n****s die young

2 Spread your wings and fly my butterfly

2 This hurt taking over me 😔😫

2 fly abandonedly into the sun yaya i love you

2 I been thinking bout u heavy u hurt the whole city🥺

2 On dirty wit anybody bout this one LLKR

2 I Love u yaya

2 U gone always be wit me ❤️

2 LonglivetheKING👑🤟🏽💤 ❤️

2 Lil Roland🤟🏽💤🚦

2 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🚦❣️😘

2 happy thanksgiving yaya

2 LLKR‼️👑

2 Fly High Yaya

2 Rest in paradise king 😘❤️👑

2 its up there fa u shorty 💔🤞🏽💯

2 im so hurt yaya 🥺😢💔

2 LLKR ily gang

2 LLKR ❤️

2 I Love you yaya imysm❤️🥺

2 Merry Christmas yaya I love you 😘❤️💕

2 😘💔LongliveRO

2 9/1/18💔🥺

2 I’ll never put rip by yo name legends live on longlivekingro❤️👑

2 Missing you heavy yaya🥺😢

2 ❤️🥺😢

2 Longlivemybrudda😢❤️

2 🥺 missing u so much yaya 9/1/18 💔

2 You was on my mind heavy today yaya I miss yo ass 😢❤️

2 Love you yaya😘

2 Love you baby boy long live you❤️🥺

2 Wanna see yo face again😞

2 Come visit me from heaven sometime , I promise I won’t be scared 🥺❤️🙏🏽

2 😘😘😘❤💓💓

2 Missing you 😔❤️

2 You brought me joy yaya I’m missing you 😔❤️

2 I miss yo ass so much ghee this shit still crazy

2 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

2 Missing you bro I love you forever❤️

2 been thinking bout u heavy i love yo crazy ass❤️💔🚦🚦🚦

2 I miss you so much I need you rn 😢 continue watching over me please❤️ longlive a real king

2 I Love you yaya❤️❤️

2 Missing you so much rn 🥺💔

2 LONGLIVEMYDEMON!!!!!!!❤️🦍🚦🚦

2 🚦🚦💙

2 😘😘😘😘😘❤️❤️

2 G I miss you so much it’s been 3 years since I heard yo voice I’ll Neva get over dis🤦🏽‍♀️💔

2 I miss you so much yaya 4 years and man I’m going thru it right now🤦🏽‍♀️

1 hey Yaya its Aaliyah and gejoe, miss you a lot you know🤍🕊️

1 its yo world we just just livin in it 🕊️🕊️🕊️

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