Curtis Edwards, age 40

Lost to gun violence on April 17, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia.

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  • Nickname:
    2 Tman
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    49 loving, funny, caring
    42 very supportive and easy going down to earth king
    41 A GREAT FRIEND AND GENUINE
    39 You were the most Patience person I knew
    40 Curtis a King before his time
  • Occupation:
  • Workplace:
    44 Olive Garden Richmond, VA
  • Schools attended:
    44 George wythe
    39 MISSING YOU DAILY THE HUGS AND KISSES AND DAILY TALKS
    38 Fairfield Elementary and Chandler Middle and Bird High School
    14 East END
  • Comments:
    45 Curtis will be truly missed, he had a smile that could light up a room.
    43 A true friend and brother!
    42 You will be deeply missed lil brother
    43 Rest in peace my friend❤️
    39 MISSING YOU DAILY THE HUGS AND KISSES AND DAILY TALKS
    38 i miss everything about you 4ever my person
    38 missing you like crazy 4ever my person
    40 Love you Uncle ❤️❤️
    41 To my big head brother! I love you! You are missed!❤️
    42 I light one everyday for you!
    39 Gone but not forgotten, Happy Father’s Day
    39 Missing you and our conversations, but most of all missing your smile
    38 I miss you so much cousin. That smile and sweet melodies of your voice 😘🫶🏽
    39 long live tman
    39 Tman you will always be in my heart love mommy
    39 Curtis you are surely missed, but the photos keep you alive in all of our 🥰
    39 hearts, time heals but you will never be forgotten
    39 Happy Heavenly Birthday Tman💔
    40 Stink I miss you so so so so much we all miss you and love you dearly.
    38 Missing my brother! ❤️
    37 Wow 💔son💔 this is the💔 hard 💔thing living on this side without you I❤️U
    35 Curtis you’re missed every day
    32 Tman I miss hearing you say hey mom where you gonna be when I get off work
    31 Missing you everyday! ❤️
    30 mom don't put onions in my turkeyneck and navy beans please
    29 this my son has been my hardest job as a mother
    29 Missing you so very much!!!❤️always your sister!
    29 Son (Tman) please forgive me for not keeping you SAFE
    29 Please dont blame yourself, this was a tragedy that was un-predicated.
    29 Curtis wouldn't want you to blame yourself. He loved you with every ounce of his being.
    29 Be grateful for the time that you had with him. Treasure the memories
    28 Shed your tears but not out of sorrow , think about something that he would say that makes you smile
    29 Mom don't put no onions in my turkeynecks and navy beans.
    28 Pain from Earth Sending Love to Heaven
    28 I just have no words on how I miss you
    28 Cuzn gonna miss you dearly LLTMANE
    27 Son Christmas was empty without you Happy. Heavenly Holiday love mommie
    28 Light up the sky tonight! I love you! This one is for you!
    27 i love and miss you everyday. there's not a day that goes by that i don't think of you 🥹
    28 I love you and miss you cousin. You were an earth angel that is now an guardian Angel.
    28 LLTMAN I MISS YOU JR
    27 Missing you so very much!
    26 son why is heaven so faraway I miss you being here and you smile
    28 Today was a ruff day missing you
    28 My thoughts are always with you💜
    27 all I keep hearing is why he shoot me and you did nothing to him!!
    28 Almost a year and the pain of losing you will never go away ❤️
    28 It’s been 1 year since we lost you on this side heaven gained a angel
    28 baby April 17 was devastated for us All
    28 Mother Day will never be the same Son
    27 Missing that laugh!❤️
    26 Trinity Baptist Church
    26 son you are my hero ❤️ 💙 🙌🏾
    25 in a few more days I will saying HHB son
    25 TMAN IN A FEW MORE DAYS I WILL BE SAYING HHB SON
    23 Missing your laugh! Need that laugh right now.
    24 I miss you so much bro words can’t explain
    23 Son you and Cilla would be the first to say happy birthday mom
    22 I'm Silently crying when pain is all around mend I can see your face Tman
    22 son the heaviness of this pain I'd weighing on my heart
    20 Son your absence makes me feel lifeless
    20 Tman thanks for being son you absence made ne cry and laugh all at the same time missing you
    20 everyday I think about you son and the tears flow down my face
    19 Missing your smiling at Christmas time
    20 Tman 041723 these numbers I will never forget you was murder
    19 It’s almost been 2 years but it feels like we just lost you to a senseless act of violence
    19 It’s just another year without you
    19 Son I cooked you chitterlings I heard no onions mom and I laughed
    12 Forever 40
    13 Son I looked for my flower but you brought me non but I felt your presence within your smile +
    12 BABY IT'S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE
    8 I love and miss you so much my first love. i still can't believe you're gone 😞. continue to Sip
    9 WOW TMAN THAT TEARDROP BIRTHMARK WAS BECAUSE YOU WOULD FOREVER CRY FOR YOUR DAUGHTER
    6 Son Happy Heavenly Father's Day
    6 Tman it Father Day and my ❤️ is 💙 son I'm missing You
    6 CURTIS EVERYDAY NOT SEEING IS HARD BUT THE HOLIDAY I'M JUST LOST BECAUSE THE PAIN IS DEEP
    5 Tman will always be Alive in his loved ones
    4 Wow Son I still can't wrap my head around you being MURDER I am in disbelief (SMH)
    2 Son emptiness has been hard you were our life and our heart has losted its beat
    2 Tman there are no words that I can express. But I miss you
    1 This dream is hard to wake up from son that you are not here
    1 Missing you!!! It’s like a piece of my heart is gone!

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