Blake McCoy, age 26

Lost to gun violence on January 26, 2022 in Junction City, Kansas.

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  • Nickname:
    538 Blaker
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    536 Gentle & Kind
    534 Free Spirited & Loving
    532 Thoughtful
    532 Loving & Kind Hearted
    532 Artistic
    531 Intelligent, Gifted
    531 Funny
    528 Commpassionate
    530 smart & naturally talented.
    530 loving
    526 a ray of sunshine on the darkest of days
    525 charming
    524 affectionate
    523 courageous & strong
    523 generous to those in need
    523 witty & vibrant
    523 reliable
    523 trustworthy: the best secret keeper - #1 best friend
    524 Voted Winner For The Best Hair Award
    522 enchanting
    520 honest
    520 humble
    521 Most Contagious Laugh & Smile 💕
    521 knowledgeable & smart
    521 Lover & Genius of Music
    522 Chocolate Milks Biggest Fan 🥤
    506 💖Best hugger EVER💖
    492 Lit up any room! such a huge, warm personality.
    490 Cool personified.
    490 The biggest sweetheart❣️
    490 Truly beautiful❤️‍🔥
    475 Athletic, strong
    469 Too good for this world
    433 Always happy, always smiling, always laughing
    408 A truly beautiful, kind, caring, warm soul
    406 No one better.
    401 Walking JOY
    394 Swagger 💖
    396 Wore clothes well. Very classy when dressed up.
    391 Charistmatic!💫
    391 PURE LOVE
    379 Authentic
    344 😎 Chill
    332 Athletic
    315 Non-judgmental
    301 Precious and very loved❣️💔💔💔
    295 Edgy
    289 Loyal💖❤️‍🔥💖
    282 Caring, always😇
    282 ✨️The BEST✨️
    275 ✨️✨️So incredibly beautiful, in every sense of the word. ✨️✨️
    273 Inspirational
    274 Made an impression on everyone. He lives on in all of us.❤️‍🔥
    265 Magically ⭐️ Creative
    263 Full of LIGHT
    263 Infectious laugh😄😍
    249 Sweetest, chillest, most artistic and passionate...
    230 💙🩵Rizz🩵💙
    230 Coolest guy I ever knew
    213 Infectious, beautiful light of joy
    214 SO talented!🌟
    207 NICE
    207 "All the things"❤️🩷❤️
    190 Best ever.
    10 One of a kind, completely irreplaceable
  • Occupation:
    362 Poet, Songwriter, Musician, Singer
  • Workplace:
    519 Zombie Toxin Haunted House
    367 Musician, Singer
  • Schools attended:
    516 Manhattan High
  • Comments:
    525 I love you Blaker. Forever & always.
    521 I love you so much Blaker. Miss you every day.
    520 Another day without you is another day too many. Love you always.
    517 Woke up again this morning missing you again. Fly high Blaker.
    511 U left footprints in my heart that I will keep for a lifetime. 💗
    512 I miss you every minute of every day.
    510 Grateful for every moment you were on this earth. Love always.
    509 Spooky season has finally came. wish u were here.
    504 going to the pumpkin patch today with EK. Wish u were with us
    505 grand opening of Zombie Toxins today. ❤️ thinking of u.
    505 I think of u every morning, & every night I go to sleep. Miss u
    504 There are no words to express how much I love you, how much you mean to me, how much I miss you.
    505 You were my person.
    503 You were, and are, LOVED.
    503 My angel!
    503 Myheart will never be the same. You took half of it with you.
    503 another day missing you. ❤️🫶🏻
    500 If anyone knew how much I truly miss you, they would wonder how I am still breathing.
    500 You are in my heart, my thoughts, my life, always and forever.
    500 I wish you were here.
    488 This world isn't same without you.
    488 I'm not the same without you.
    475 Best Thanksgiving? Bringing YOU home, newly born.
    475 I know you are in God's arms.
    475 I thank God for you, my baby.
    472 First Christmas with you in heaven😶‍🌫️❤️‍🩹
    470 I MISS YOU, YOUR HUGS, YOUR LAUGH
    471 My soul aches for you!
    461 What I really want for Christmas is to see you. I ❤️ you!
    459 I still & will always miss you every moment of every day. Love you forever❣️
    456 Such a loss for the world! I wish I could see you grow older. LOVE YOU! <3
    449 blessed to been your friene
    444 I miss listening to you play 🎸!
    445 I miss your voice, your singing, your smile.
    442 I love you infinity x infinity x 3 trillion cubed!
    438 My sweet 😇 angel!
    437 I don't know how I breathe without you. I MISS & LOVE YOU, ALWAYS.
    437 I could really, really use one of your hugs!
    436 thinking of you everyday. ❤️
    433 The anguish of your absence will be 1 year tomorrow.
    434 😭
    434 I miss everything about you, my child.
    434 No words...
    433 It is still overwhelming to think of not seeing you in this life.
    430 You will forever be my always.
    423 Happy Valentine's Day, my dear son💌
    424 Grateful eternally to have had you here.
    423 But I miss everything about you, and your very presence.
    424 You are my ❤️ heart.
    421 I will hold you in my heart until I hold you in heaven.
    410 You would have been such a wonderful father.
    407 my soulmate forever
    407 I still can't believe...All my love, always & forever.
    399 How I miss you!
    399 You were my happy place.
    399 I truly miss you stopping by at random times.
    395 You will always be my ❤️.
    395 I love you endlessly.
    394 Miss you as much as I did in the beginning. Always, always will.💔
    394 ONE day without you was too many!
    393 You knew I adored you when you were here. You know I still do, don't you?
    391 I will never become accustomed to baking without saving batter or dough for you. :(
    390 NOTHING would make me happier than seeing you.
    390 My sweet, sweet baby💔
    385 Losing you will never hurt less.
    385 You touched, and helped, more people than I think you realized. Love you dearly.
    378 Always proud to be your mom. Always.
    372 Miss you EVERY SINGLE DAY! <3
    370 I know you are in heaven, but I still cry every time I think of what happened.
    366 You were and are the BEST! I MISS YOU!
    361 Barely 26 years was NOT enough💔💔💔
    362 There are so many things that I am happy to have told you while you were here.
    362 Some of them, repeatedly.
    361 I still miss you endlessly.
    362 I will never be at peace until I hold you again.
    361 How you touched my soul, and still do...<3
    360 I couldn't miss, or love, you more than I do! XOX
    357 Miss you, my angel!
    355 Spent time w/ ur momma yesterday. We miss you.
    357 Every second. Every day.💔
    352 I miss you; I miss you; I miss you!
    346 My sweet, sweet, son, how I yearn for you.
    346 Until we meet again, I will miss you.
    344 One and a half years next week...Still looking for answers.😪
    340 I pray for as much justice as possible. 🙏🏻XoX
    341 I ❤️ you, always & forever❣️
    339 I love, adore,xand miss you--forever and a day❣️❣️❣️
    335 😭😭😭
    326 I will love you until the day after forever.
    321 My heart is forever broken.
    303 All of my love forever, my child❣️💔💖💔
    300 808 candles, Blake! I know you gave a little laugh, drummer boy. XOXOX
    299 Pink, "When I Get There"...One of our songs now, even though it was released after... XoX
    299 Iam Tongi, "I'll Be Seeing You"...
    299 Ed Sheeran, "Visiting Hours"
    282 The Zombie Toxin crew misses you!🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️🧟
    279 The Haunt was epic this year, but it would have been even better with YOU!
    278 Missing you endlessly ♾️
    267 Miss you like crazy!
    266 💕🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶💕
    264 😭😭😭 Miss you dearly. 😭😭
    259 Love is everything; love never dies.💖🩷💖
    248 You made my heart sing. ❤️
    244 Happy second heavenly birthday, my sweet, sweet baby. All my l❤️ve
    244 😘😘😘
    240 We missed you this Thanksgiving, but thought of you❣️
    241 Cried and laughed for you!
    233 You are legendary.
    229 We miss you❣️😶‍🌫️❤️‍🩹😶‍🌫️❤️‍🩹😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️
    224 I will ALWAYS love, and ALWAYS grieve for, you.
    224 I carry your memory every moment. XOXOX
    222 This time of year is so difficult without you, my sweet angel. Miss you endlessly.
    219 We sent you off with balloons to the sky yesterday & we miss you so much.
    216 You are my heart.
    214 NOTHING is the same without you. 💔❤️‍🩹💔
    211 Merry heavenly Christmas, my sweet angel❣️
    211 Second Christmas 🎄 MISSING YOU.
    208 I still don't want to believe this happened. 💧
    204 Still dreaming of you
    203 I hold you in my heart, and in my soul.
    200 2024: another year without you 😭😭😭💔
    200 Love you to the moon and back x infinity❣️🌛🌍
    197 MISSING YOU!
    193 I will never get used to you not being here.
    187 I'm so very sorry this happened to you. 💔😭
    187 You were a ROCK for so many. Thank you.
    181 I was never ready for you to leave this world. 😶‍🌫️💔😶‍🌫️
    181 Your absence echoes in my heart every day. I love you.
    171 You always made me happier. I ❤️ and miss you❣️
    170 You were the sweetest, kindest, old soul. You are greatly missed by so many.
    169 You are missed greatly, by so many! May your kindness be multiplied continually!!!
    167 I loved you then, I love you now, & I will love you forever and ever. 🩷
    168 You are so missed by so many. Rest in peace❤️‍🩹
    166 It is you. It has always been you. You are my good.
    167 You are my best.
    166 You are the best of me.
    165 Always positive. Always loving.
    161 You were a good friend to many and are missed so very much.
    160 I will be overjoyed when I see you again.
    160 We wish you were here.
    158 Just a reminder- I love you. ❤️
    159 1111 Thank you. <3
    156 I think about you everyday.
    150 I loved you then, I love you now, & I will love you forever & ever.
    150 Loving you was so easy.
    151 Not a day goes by where I don’t think of you.
    151 Your absence is the loudest silence ever. Miss you!
    147 My heart will be broken until I see you again.
    147 Daily reminder that I woke up thinking of you, I love you, & I’ll go to bed hoping to dream of you.
    140 I miss you, my sweet, beautiful Valentine.🤍😶‍🌫️🤍
    137 You were and are an angel. I love you always.
    138 I can't sleep tonight. I keep replaying moment in my head of your contagious laugh. I miss It.
    137 One million % miss that laugh❣️🤍🤍🤍
    136 Thinking of you again tonight. I love you. 💕
    134 I have not given up on your case.
    132 Thinking of you always my sweet angel. Miss you more than words.
    131 Missing you. 🩷
    130 I want you to know, just because we can't see you, doesn't mean we will ever forget you.
    129 🩷 love you to the moon and back
    126 Always and forever. 🤞🏼🩷 love you so much
    125 No one has ever been there for me like you were. Miss you!
    126 U gave me countless memories that I’ll never forget. U gave me years of happiness.
    126 U gave me time to love u. An angel walking the earth.
    125 U didn’t owe me anything, but u gave me everything. 🩷
    126 Love you so much Blaker 🩷
    125 I feel your absence every single day.
    125 I haven’t been feeling myself in a while, but I always felt myself when I was with you.
    125 I feel alone without you. You were the best!
    125 Your hugs made the world a better place.
    123 I couldn't love you any more than I do, and always will.
    125 I miss your sunshine.
    125 I miss you. I miss you. I miss you. 😭
    124 There is void that used to burn brightly with your light. ❤️‍🔥
    125 My sweet, sweet angel; how I miss & love you❣️
    125 "Save You a Seat" Alex Warren
    125 "You're written in my soul"❤️‍🔥
    125 😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️
    119 I love you. Always.
    126 Thank you for being my son. You were beauty, light, and joy.
    125 Dean Lewis, Memories
    125 "You were the one who gave me peace..."
    125 You were the best thing that could possibly happen in my life. Love you eternallly. <3
    127 I saw ur family today. Blessed to be apart of world, love, & who live in ur legacy.
    127 ❤️ love you
    125 I hate that you are not here.
    125 I am permanently feeling homesick without you.
    127 I thought of you today, as I do, everyday. I miss you.
    125 My sweet angel, I love you so much.
    125 My heart and soul still ache for you. Miss you always and forever.
    126 So beautiful <3
    127 I am so very grateful for every moment you were here. XOX
    126 You are still my person.
    125 Still can't believe you are no longer here. I would give anything to have you back.
    127 My sweet baby boy...XoXoX
    124 I miss you, always.
    127 I woke up and thought of you today. Oh how I miss you.
    123 So many people have told me how much they miss your laugh.
    122 I love you with my entire being, heart, soul. Eternally.
    122 People remember, and still talk about, your band! <3
    122 Someone dear just told me that this still doesn't seem real--and it doesn't.
    122 Memories and photos still pop up on FB. You are so missed, my sweet child.
    122 Happy heavenly birthday, my baby. Forever 26.😶‍🌫️ Long for & miss you ALWAYS.
    123 Love you with all my heart. I miss you.
    123 Your third angelversary is nearing. :( Know that you are deeply, deeply loved & missed.
    122 Three years today😭😭😭
    108 My forever Valentine 💝 💔❤️‍🩹
    105 I will forever light a candle for you. All of my love, my angel.
    102 Hold her close, Blakey.
    65 My heart & soul
    28 I wish there were words...
    11 Another milestone I wish I could share with you, I miss you ❤️
    10 Can't believe you would have been 30 on your birthday this year. 🥺
    10 I will forever miss you❣️I love you.♾️x♾️
    8 This world is not at all the same without you.
    8 I was so very blessed to have you.
    7 Christmas is not the same without you, my sweet baby.
    7 Life is not the same without you. I miss you. We miss you.
    7 The start of another year without you on this planet. 💔 XoX
    6 It is four years today...😭😭😭😭💔
    5 I miss you, my sweet, sweet angel.
    5 It's your sister's 1st birthday there.😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️ Extra extra ❤️ on her?
    1 I miss your smile, your laugh, your hugs, your presence.
    1 I miss our talks.

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