Donavon Lenford, age 24

Lost to gun violence on June 6, 2021 in Portland, Oregon.

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  • Nickname:
    4 Dee-Kaye (DK)
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    3 He loved his family, very smart and determined!
    2 Loving son, brother
  • Occupation:
    3 He was pursuing his CDL at the time of his death
  • Workplace:
  • Schools attended:
    1 Neal Elementary, Stephen F. Austin, Bryan High, and Rudder High
  • Comments:
    6 My dear Donavon,
    8 My dear son Donavon, I always have and always will “Love You!”
    7 Love, Your mother
    6 Miss you uncle
    4 Time doesn't make losing you easier! I love you baby brother ~Tricey
    4 LLDk🕊🧡
    3 MISS YOU
    1 LOVE YOU BUBBA ~TRICEY
    3 We love
    2 We miss
    2 Love
    3 Everyday @3:20 I light your candle 💜~Tricey
    3 We love you lil brother-Ty
    3 Missing you dearly-Love Ty
    2 I'm in cancun just lit your candle in the Gulf ik you're with me❤
    2 I hope you're turning up and the life of the party on the other side ~Tricey
    3 A part of me left with you lil bro...Until we meet again!💙 Big Sis Ty
    2 Love you nephew so much, greatly missed❤️
    3 My life is so devastating without you little brother-Big Sis Ty💔
    3 Today is my birthday and I hate you couldn't text or call me love you forever ~Tricy
    2 I love you yesterday, I love you still, I always will 💖 Aunt Sheila L.
    3 HAPPY HEAVENLY 25TH BIRTHDAY LIL BROTHER!💫💙 Big Sis Ty
    2 SCREAMING TO THE HEAVENS HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY BUBBA! I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU 💙💜~Tricy
    2 💔
    2 03/20/97 A king was born! Even in your absence you're still a King! I love you Bubba! 🎂~Tricey
    1 Forever n my heart nephew❤️
    1 Hbd my handsome face nephew
    2 Sugar lips/sugar lumpkins. Auntie Christina luv u much❤️
    2 Happy Heavenly birthday 💙💙💙 luv Mama Dean
    2 happy heavenly birthday 🌹
    2 i love you dweeb keep watching over me miss you !🧡
    2 I know that you're enjoying your heavenly birthday with granny and grandpa 🎂💙
    2 Happy Birthday Bestfwand ! Words can't explain how much I miss you. 🥹💙✨
    2 I love you so much donavon.. I’d trade anything just told you again🥀 J.A
    3 The pain only deepens as the days go by...missing you so much! ♡Big Sis Ty
    2 l love you nephew...Aunt Shelia Burns
    2 Your Soul is Unmatched. I stay up so many nights thinking about you.. I miss you my love.. RIH.💙
    2 l was just thinking of you nephew..love Aunt Shelia Burns
    1 Daily my heart aches... this pain will never go away. I miss you baby brother ~Tricey
    1 HOLIDAYS aren't the same w/o you! 😢Love you Bubba ~Tricey
    2 Tears flow every time I think of you...missing you much!♡ Big Sis Ty
    1 Today is hard day and I'm missing you like crazy Bubba 💔💔
    1 Today makes a year and on this day our world shattered! Time hasn't healed our broken heart! ~Tricey
    2 miss u uncle-Jeremih
    2 Extremely broken without you...Love & Miss You Deeply!💔 Big Sis Ty
    1 Some days I'm ok and some days it hits me hard like today! ~Tricy
    1 Your passing broke me mentally and spiritually, I'll never be the same Bubba
    1 I love and miss you always Bubba~ lil big sis Tricy
    1 Not a day goes by, that I don't think of you! Forever in my heart!!!💙 Big Sis Ty
    1 Everyday I wake up in disbelief! It still hurts deeply! Love you forever ~Lil Big Sis 💜
    1 I love you and miss you dearly Bubba 💙 ~Tricey
    1 Your soul lives and I feel you, never will you be forgotten ~Tricey
    1 Missing you more than you can ever imagine ~Tricey
    1 Thought of you yesterday, Thinking of you today and Always! I love you ~Tricey
    1 I LOVE YOU ALWAYS BUBBA ~TRICEY
    1 I love you so much! Not a day goes by I don't miss you ~Tricey💙🧡

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