Robbie "Flyte" Smythe, Jr., age 31

Lost to gun violence on June 8, 2021 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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  • Nickname:
    5 Flyte
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    6 Beautiful big soul, big heart and down to earth
    5 He was one of the good ones. Never knew a stranger and was the light in every room.
    3 Loving,charming,Attractive smile,genuine. Big sense of humor and a bigger pure soul. Rare
    2 Honest and Giving 💐
    2 Very Caring 💐
    2 Understanding
    2 Compassionate… too big of a heart . I loved it 💐
    4 Would cheer you up and make you laugh and listen even when he had his own things going on
    4 Sweet and always gave good vibes
    4 A man of God ❤️💐
    4 Very loyal ! Faithful and will consider your feelings. Not like other men. ❤️
    4 He appreciated his life , talked about his appreciations…
    2 Slow to anger , very respectful… He deserved life
    2 Spontaneous ❤️
    2 Essence of a King
    2 The light in the room ❤️
    2 He would put you first before himself
    2 Amazing
    2 Loving !
    2 Humble ❤️❤️
    2 A King
    2 Sweetest …. Wise beyond his age.
    2 The best man you could ever know
    1 God fearing selfless, highest frequency of pure souls!
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  • Schools attended:
    3 aiken high school
  • Comments:
    3 love u big brother continue to watch over your family LOVE SHAUNY lilsis
    1 Everything about you is one of a kind. True essence of a King. Always will be in love with you.
    2 be safe, i hope heaven hold what the world couldnt
    2 It will never be the same here.. You were the light in my life and I know in others too.
    2 Each day is worse than the last since you been gone. I love you baby. Praying for your kids
    1 You’re everything to me ❤️. Not a second go by without me thinking of you. Praying everyday
    1 ❤️❤️❤️❤️ bless everyone with seeing your 444 numbers letting them know you care for them
    2 Missing our conversations and seeing that smile and us laughing. I need that
    2 That’s how hilarious you were. Content and had anyone laughing just from bein you.
    2 The spirit you carried around at all times is what made you rare. Always gave out love good vibes
    2 I need you. 43 days now and it’s a odd empty feeling. You were just too great of a man. Too great.
    2 Your value was just bigger than this world. God took you to the best place there is.
    2 I love you baby.. I would’ve done anything for you to still be here.
    2 This is something we will never get over…. I sincerely miss you my King.
    2 You got stripped away from the life you were building and the goals you were achieving
    2 Praying for your beautiful children. They deserve you here. You
    2 I don’t wish this heartache on no 1. Your babies deserved to grow up with you there baby.
    2 ❤️❤️ I know we all think , miss , love and talk to you everyday.
    2 Desperately missing you babe.. we had some things planned..
    2 Missing your handsome face
    2 Praying ppl get together to do something about gun violence, nobody should experience this hurt
    2 You were suppose to be playing yo basketball game today
    2 My future got stripped away from me when you left. My heart will always be yours. Still in shock
    2 Wishing I could see your handsome face, hear your laugh
    1 I be up in the middle of the night in disbelief. As good as you were … you left way too soon babe
    1 💐💐👑
    1 Watch over your mom and your family and babies as God is too. We love you baby 💐
    1 Song of Solomon 3:4 ❤️❤️ I LOVE YOU
    1 1 Corinthians 2:9. The talks and interests we shared of God. I know it’s lovely up there
    1 Revelation 21:4 .. Will love the moment when I get to see you again King 💐
    1 48 hard miserable days… lost and empty missing you baby. So much
    1 If only you were still here ❤️ loving you always and forever
    1 Will always honor your name
    1 My love still growing and always will for you❤️
    1 Missing you !!!!!
    1 Still doesn’t feel real. Like an ongoing nightmare
    1 Psalms 103:19
    1 Can’t stop thinking about you .. handsome..
    1 I’m just not happy anymore. How can I be when my significant other is gone
    1 You would’ve been playing in your basketball game today 7/31
    1 53 days………
    1 I love you and miss you!
    1 ❤️❤️❤️
    1 Missing you so much !!
    1 Hard getting through my day …
    1 Romans 8:6 Beautiful Soul in the presence of God. See you there baby
    1 You’re a King ..
    1 58 days … void left in my soul is real
    1 I’m just so sorry this happened to a good soul and good man like you
    1 Would never thought this would happen to you
    1 You’re an amazing man . Beautiful spirit. Handsome! I miss you babe
    1 Praying for us still
    1 Woke up with you heavily on my mind like every morning ! I love you more each day
    1 I love you handsome
    1 Mark 11:24 real love never dies.. praying for eternally love
    1 59 days…
    2 I’m blessed to have even gotten you back in my life
    1 Missing you heavily baby
    1 Still can’t believe this
    1 Your laugh made me laugh.. you had stories for days and always had me laughing I love you
    1 Cherishing the memories we were making.
    1 My problems didn’t matter when I was with you. You gave me peace baby
    1 Missing that smile !!!!
    1 You’re always on my mind … 63 days and you been on my mind every second
    1 Acts 4:12 ❤️💐
    1 Song of Solomon 3:4 , I love you ❤️
    1 Day in and day out always thinking of you! Beautiful soul , can’t forget it
    1 64 days…today I’ve been thinkin about where we would’ve been by now
    1 It’s been lonely w/o missing you every second
    1 I wish you were still here
    1 Miss texting you in the mornings when I wake up …
    1 Please stay with your kids , your mom , loved ones, and me!
    1 I love you more than life itself
    1 Another breakdown, I guess it’ll always be like since I planned on sharin my life with you
    1 I truly do love you and i would’ve done anything to change that moment. I wish I could have
    1 Justice for Robbie
    1 Thinkin about you, these are flying by it’s still feel like one longgg day
    1 They talked about grief,
    1 Second time in church it spoke to me about you … I love you
    2 Missing you
    2 Only man I know who’s soul matched their looks.. Beautiful man beautiful soul baby
    1 70 days now and still in disbelief
    1 Thinking of everything we could’ve been doing !!!
    1 Thinking about the places we could’ve visited like we wanted and talked about
    1 I miss you so much and love you even more . This is very difficult
    1 I love you yesterday today and always
    1 444 ❤️
    1 My sweetheart… I always had a big crush on you even tho I had you . You knew it too
    1 Think about you all while I’m at work , with my kids , through the day , in my dreams
    1 I’m sick over how this life turn out to be… without the LOVE OF MY LIFE
    1 I’ll always be in love you baby
    1 Thinking about you always…
    1 Waking up be the hardest part , I wish I could just wake up and your still here…
    1 I loved being around you. I couldn’t wait to see you again after I just left
    1 You really are an amazing individual. Your soul and character is definitely one of a kind!
    1 It’s 11 pm , Friday, just thinking solely about you
    1 I love you more than life it self
    1 Very difficult to grasps the reality of you not being here anymore when you just was
    1 It’s so sad how things can change within the next minute
    1 It’s miserable without you.
    1 I’m actually trying to run away from the reality of this… I miss you
    1 Being in love makes this even worse..
    1 Will never understand why rare good souls has things like this happens to themZ you deserved better
    1 I love you Robbie
    1 Can’t wait til I see you again
    1 Baby I miss you heavily! I know you’re in paradise. I just miss you so much
    2 It will never be the same. I can’t wait to get to heaven
    2 I truly love you baby… praying we be together again soon
    2 It’s empty without you here. God been pulling me through the day. It’s not the same
    2 💐💐💐💐💐
    2 You have the best spirit I know. I knew you were the one when my soul fell in love too❤️
    2 You are being remembered, missed, loved every second of everyday baby
    2 Will always love you ❤️
    2 I love you handsome King ❤️❤️❤️
    2 You will always be my baby , significant other, soulmate … while I’m here
    2 Although we didn’t have the chance to marry, God knows my heart
    2 Still hurting and breaking down like the first week I heard ..
    2 It saddens me how sudden and unexpected and horrific this is
    2 It’s hard to stomach . And it’s spiraling in my mind every second. Can barely concentrate
    2 Your heart was like no other .
    2 Your soul was just as big as your heart ❤️
    2 That smile you carried was bigger. Handsome.. too handsome ❤️
    1 I LOVE YOU
    1 I am always thinking of you. I love you deeply.. I will never get over this
    1 Another lonely weekend without you … I miss you baby…
    1 My bday will be depressing tmw, cause I WAS POSE TO CELEBRATE IT WITH YOU.
    1 The fact that we had plans makes everyday more worse
    1 You never left my mind nor my heart nor my soul.. you never will babe
    1 I am just so sorry this even happened… very hard to process
    1 Sleep with you on my mind , I wake up with you on my mind… I miss you
    1 I really miss you
    1 Thinking of you on a daily 💐💐💐
    1 You really are a wonder man .. and I’m praying daily .
    1 Everything reminds me of you. Wish we had more time . I really do
    1 Missing you ..
    1 You’re my everything ❤️
    1 I love you more than life itself . I will always love you
    1 I carry you in my heart soul and spirit. You mean so much to me
    1 Everything reminds me of you.. I think of you 24/7 and I pray for you
    1 I pray for your family as well especially your mother, she been on my mind too
    1 If only I can wake up and you were still here…
    1 I need you
    1 I need you!!!!
    1 Your handsome face keep popping up in my head..
    1 Who would’ve thought the last time we were together, would be the last time ….
    1 You mean so much to me …
    1 I’m empty … I’m waking around empty …
    1 You know my heart … I love you always
    1 I miss your beautiful soul and amazing company , and your voice !!!
    1 It’s lonely here.. Missing you
    1 90 days … I miss you so much handsome..
    1 My heart cries out to you… this void is too much.
    1 This just isn’t right and will never understand this as long as I’m on this earth
    1 Loving you always
    1 Nothing is helping the fact that I’m broken over this .. nothing will til I’m with you again
    1 Baby!!!!!
    1 This feels unreal.. the pain is real but the mentality is difficult to process this
    1 I don’t want to process it. I just want you . I just want to be with you
    1 I am just so sorry this happened to a beautiful person
    1 You never done nothing to nobody .. you just lived and always had a smile to show it
    1 Missing you can’t even describe the way my soul
    1 I love you . You’re my always
    1 Everything got cut short and I will never understand it
    1 You are on my mind as soon as I wake up. I love you more than I did yesterday ❤️
    1 I know you are at peace like you deserve to be in God’s Kingdom
    1 - you are just extremely missed here. This permanently hurt so many people here.
    1 - that’s how wonderful your soul and personality
    1 Praying that every single person who’s hurt from you leaving ,, turns to God !
    1 - that’s the best turnout we can give to God , you ,
    1 You never deserved this nor anything you had to face in this life. You are so sweet
    1 Thinking of you always
    1 I love you handsome, missing you. Really wanting you by my side …
    1 Lonely w/o you. Miss hearing your voice the most.
    1 Miss your presence… always felt good being around you
    1 Doesn’t even seem like 3 months. Feel like one long miserable day in disbelief
    1 Robbie, I love and miss you. Never forget that !
    1 I have so many scenarios in my head throughout the day of us on what could’ve been
    1 We have some unfinished things love until we reunite
    1 I’m in love with you baby. Always will be
    1 I love you ❤️
    1 Think of you all day everyday
    1 You’re my everything !
    1 I miss and love you , it just isn’t the same here.
    1 Think of you every second of my day. Can’t wait to see you again and be with you
    1 Isaiah 61:2 ❤️
    1 Thank you for showing your presence to me numerous of times, I love and miss you
    1 I’m glad you’re in the best place we can but devastated I can’t be with you no here on this earth .
    1 I’ll see you again soon
    1 I love you always.
    1 You just mean so much to me and I’m missing you
    1 4 months … still feel like only one long miserable week.
    1 Every day honestly gets worse because it’s another day we could’ve shared together
    1 444
    1 Each day I think of you . This is something I can’t get past or feel better until I see you
    1 I miss you handsome. I miss the time we spent together, missing everything about you
    1 People don’t understand the level of grief until you are in that predicament
    1 When you take someone, you take a lot away from the person that love them
    1 Missing you !
    1 I need you , I’m missing what we had and it was special…. Still is
    1 I just can’t wait to be with you.
    1 I miss your company, your presence, your energy, the way my soul was filled when I was with you
    1 It’s lonely without you
    1 I love you and I miss you so much . This hurts too much
    1 This is just unbelievable and unbearable
    1 On my mind as always, it’s early in the morning and I think of constantly
    1 Feels unreal at times.. too much pain but can’t even avoid it
    1 Missing you daily . I hate this
    1 I really love you baby
    1 Having a very odd and hard time here without you. Always think of you. I love you
    1 I pray this doesn't happen to another soul.
    1 I miss you desperately!
    1 I love you always and forever baby
    1 This is just unbelievable …. Missing you every second and wish I could just hold you and have you
    1 Missing you everyday .. every day is worse . It getting worse Robbie
    1 I can’t handle it
    1 I miss you entirely too much
    1 These weekends are just passing by and they are NOTHING WITHOUT YOU
    1 I miss you voice and everything about you
    1 You are so handsome , I miss my baby.
    1 Missing you more and more everyday . Wishing you were still here
    1 I’m ready to see you again baby
    1 Missing you daily. May the Lord place us back together soon, Amen
    1 Thinking of you everyday baby
    1 Glad you came back into my life when you did , my heart and soul loves you. See you soon!
    1 I missssss you
    1 Today is the day you were born into this world. Now God has you in his kingdom
    1 I’ll always love you and cherish how my heart will
    1 2 years and I still can't believe the love of my life is gone. 444 papi. Love you always!

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