Autumn Diane Brookae Shanks, age 21

Lost to gun violence on February 7, 2025 in Ridgeland, Mississippi.

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  • Nickname:
    8 Cordelia
    12 get your rest beautiful
    2 love you lil cuz
    4 Love you my BabySis Forever missing you❤️🥺❤️❤️
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    21 Shy, fun, nice, a smile to light up the room.
    22 Beautiful inside and out. Loving
    3 beautiful soul inside and out, shy, hut very bold and out going
  • Occupation:
    8 Food industry
    9 Home care assistant living
  • Workplace:
    1 Dillards
  • Schools attended:
    9 Terry High School Senior Graduate
  • Comments:
    34 Very sad
    16 Beautiful young lady.Rest in heavenly peace.💔
    15 My condolences to her family. Sending peace, love, strength and comfort from Baton Rouge.
    13 Autumn was our princess. We will forever miss her.
    11 Praying for the family🙏🏽🙏🏽
    8 We love you Autumn . RIP ❤️❤️❤️😔
    8 you were everything and more Rip autumn love you❤️
    9 I met her recently, a handful of times, and was very taken by her ambition and kindness
    7 What a beautiful pleasant young lady she was! You will be missed by so many ❤️❤️
    8 Rest N Paradise Baby Girl🕊️💔
    17 Thank you all for the love and support, I’m her father ODShanks. Much love all
    6 #LOVESHOULDNTHURT💜💜💜
    4 Rest peacefully, beautiful!!
    3 I’m so sorry this happened to you.Rest in Paradise baby girl🙏🏽!!!!!
    4 We love you, Autumn 🍂
    4 Autumn, may God
    3 Fly high, Sweet Autumn 🍂 🙏🏽💜
    3 Rest in Heaven Beautiful Girl 😇
    2 Rest in Paradise, Autumn 🍂 🙏🏽💜
    3 I love you forever, Autumn 🍂 🙏🏽💜
    2 Beautiful Soul!! RIP Autumn ❤️❤️❤️❤️
    2 Fly high, Sweet Autumn!!! Love you!!!
    9 FOREVER 21 she will always ❤️ be, her favorite store was also, Dad.
    5 and Daddy will forever cherish those 21 blissful 😊 years ❤️ ♥️ 💖
    2 Autumn there are no words. WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU SO MUCH. Rest easy baby! Love Aunty Krissy. 🩷💙
    5 I wish I could’ve stopped the world for you
    4 I wish heaven had a phone so we could finish our conversation 💔
    6 I wish you had enough time to continue your journey ❤️
    7 I wish a lot for you Autumn 🍂 I love you 🩷 Aunt Nian
    3 Loved 🥰 by many. Such a beautiful person with so much talent. You are missed💔
    4 Prayerfully you are resting peacefully beyond the rainbow. Cover your precious family, sweet angel!
    3 Praying for you all. 💔🙏🏽💔
    3 Still praying for your family's strength. Rest peacefully, Beautiful Autumn! Love always!
    3 Gone but Never Forgotten #Autumnstrong💗❤️
    4 We love you, Autumn, & will miss you.
    2 Im lighting my candle, Autumn, so your light will continue to shine down on us🕯️💜
    3 I miss you everyday❤️I love you-Ty
    1 We love you, Autumn💜
    1 God rest your soul, Autumn 💜
    1 Sorry for ur loss
    1 Praying for justice & peace for your family!!! Rest peacefully!!
    2 R.I.P beautiful soul get your beauty rest
    1 Rest in Peace Brookae' You were so special and so full of life.
    1 Rest you soul, beautiful 🙏🏽💜
    1 Sincerely praying for the family's strength. Autumn was such a beautiful girl insids
    1 rest in heaven beautiful. 🕊️💕
    7 Mommy loves you ❤️ im going to miss you my beautiful daughter
    1 Keep resting peacefully watching over us, Autumn 💜
    1 I love you, Autumn!
    1 Keep resting peacefully, our angel 👸🏽💜
    1 Hey Autumn! I thought of you today. Rest peacefully, beautiful! 💜
    1 💜💜💜💜
    1 Rest peacefully, beautiful!
    1 Hey pretty girl💕Just thinking of you.. TT Nian 🩷
    1 Love you sweet Angel 💔
    1 💜💜💜👸🏽
    1 Rest peacefully, Autumn💜
    3 We miss you so much Autumn, it’s hard to imagine life without you, love aunty Krissy! 😘🩷🩵
    2 Autumn, Iove and miss you so much! Grandma
    1 Rest peacefully, beautiful!!! Thinking of you 💜
    2 I love you so much I think about you everyday Autumn always -Ty🩷
    1 Sweet Angel never forgotten ❤️❤️🥰
    1 We miss you dearly, Autumn💜👸🏽
    2 I love you🩷-Ty
    1 I love you & miss you 💜
    1 I love you & miss you💜
    2 Gone way too soon. I miss you so much.
    2 Hey beautiful 💕 We still standing strong for you -Nian
    1 Praying for your family 💜
    1 Kerp
    1 Keep shining down us 💜
    3 Rest peacefully, Autumn. Always thinking of you. 💜
    2 Aunty Krissy loves you!!! Please know that we miss you everyday baby. 😘😘🩷🩷🩷🫂🫂
    1 Rest peacefully, Autumn 💜👸🏽
    2 Forever 21!!! Loved by many a beautiful Angel 💔
    1 Autumnnnnnnn 🩷 ily -TT Nian
    3 Forever 21 Love you cuz💕
    1 HHB Autumn. Love and miss you forever. Grandma

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