Athalia Athena Crayton, age 46

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Lost to gun violence on January 7, 2023 in High Point, North Carolina.

Photo sources:

• Contributed photo
• Facebook
• Alignable: Black Pearlz - Jamestown, NC - Alignable
• Obituary for Athalia Athena Crayton | Bostick Tompkins Funeral Home

News sources:

• Queen City News: ‘We may never know why’; family dead in High Point murder-suicide, police say
• https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article270894702.html
• https://www.highpointnc.gov/DocumentCenter/View/21087/Murder-Suicide-2023-00834
• Gun Violence Archive

Also killed were:

• Kasin Crayton, age 18
• Nasir Crayton, age 10
• Nyla Athena Joyce Crayton, age 16

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about losing someone to gun violence:

• Would you have a conversation with the person who murdered your loved one?
• I am so incomplete
• Praying for ALL
• U took my only son

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• High Point, NC - January 12, 2026
• High Point, NC - October 10, 2025
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• High Point, NC - June 10, 2025