Autumn Diane Brookae Shanks, age 21

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

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  • Nickname:
    11 Cordelia
    17 get your rest beautiful
    7 love you lil cuz
    8 Love you my BabySis Forever missing you❤️🥺❤️❤️
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    24 Shy, fun, nice, a smile to light up the room.
    24 Beautiful inside and out. Loving
    5 beautiful soul inside and out, shy, hut very bold and out going
  • Occupation:
    11 Food industry
    11 Home care assistant living
  • Workplace:
    4 Dillards
  • Schools attended:
    12 Terry High School Senior Graduate
  • Comments:
    38 Very sad
    19 Beautiful young lady.Rest in heavenly peace.💔
    17 My condolences to her family. Sending peace, love, strength and comfort from Baton Rouge.
    15 Autumn was our princess. We will forever miss her.
    14 Praying for the family🙏🏽🙏🏽
    11 We love you Autumn . RIP ❤️❤️❤️😔
    11 you were everything and more Rip autumn love you❤️
    11 I met her recently, a handful of times, and was very taken by her ambition and kindness
    9 What a beautiful pleasant young lady she was! You will be missed by so many ❤️❤️
    11 Rest N Paradise Baby Girl🕊️💔
    20 Thank you all for the love and support, I’m her father ODShanks. Much love all
    8 #LOVESHOULDNTHURT💜💜💜
    7 Rest peacefully, beautiful!!
    7 I’m so sorry this happened to you.Rest in Paradise baby girl🙏🏽!!!!!
    7 We love you, Autumn 🍂
    7 Autumn, may God
    5 Fly high, Sweet Autumn 🍂 🙏🏽💜
    5 Rest in Heaven Beautiful Girl 😇
    4 Rest in Paradise, Autumn 🍂 🙏🏽💜
    5 I love you forever, Autumn 🍂 🙏🏽💜
    4 Beautiful Soul!! RIP Autumn ❤️❤️❤️❤️
    4 Fly high, Sweet Autumn!!! Love you!!!
    12 FOREVER 21 she will always ❤️ be, her favorite store was also, Dad.
    9 and Daddy will forever cherish those 21 blissful 😊 years ❤️ ♥️ 💖
    4 Autumn there are no words. WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU SO MUCH. Rest easy baby! Love Aunty Krissy. 🩷💙
    7 I wish I could’ve stopped the world for you
    6 I wish heaven had a phone so we could finish our conversation 💔
    8 I wish you had enough time to continue your journey ❤️
    11 I wish a lot for you Autumn 🍂 I love you 🩷 Aunt Nian
    5 Loved 🥰 by many. Such a beautiful person with so much talent. You are missed💔
    7 Prayerfully you are resting peacefully beyond the rainbow. Cover your precious family, sweet angel!
    5 Praying for you all. 💔🙏🏽💔
    5 Still praying for your family's strength. Rest peacefully, Beautiful Autumn! Love always!
    5 Gone but Never Forgotten #Autumnstrong💗❤️
    7 We love you, Autumn, & will miss you.
    4 Im lighting my candle, Autumn, so your light will continue to shine down on us🕯️💜
    5 I miss you everyday❤️I love you-Ty
    3 We love you, Autumn💜
    3 God rest your soul, Autumn 💜
    4 Sorry for ur loss
    3 Praying for justice & peace for your family!!! Rest peacefully!!
    4 R.I.P beautiful soul get your beauty rest
    3 Rest in Peace Brookae' You were so special and so full of life.
    3 Rest you soul, beautiful 🙏🏽💜
    3 Sincerely praying for the family's strength. Autumn was such a beautiful girl insids
    3 rest in heaven beautiful. 🕊️💕
    11 Mommy loves you ❤️ im going to miss you my beautiful daughter
    3 Keep resting peacefully watching over us, Autumn 💜
    3 I love you, Autumn!
    3 Keep resting peacefully, our angel 👸🏽💜
    3 Hey Autumn! I thought of you today. Rest peacefully, beautiful! 💜
    3 💜💜💜💜
    3 Rest peacefully, beautiful!
    3 Hey pretty girl💕Just thinking of you.. TT Nian 🩷
    3 Love you sweet Angel 💔
    3 💜💜💜👸🏽
    3 Rest peacefully, Autumn💜
    7 We miss you so much Autumn, it’s hard to imagine life without you, love aunty Krissy! 😘🩷🩵
    4 Autumn, Iove and miss you so much! Grandma
    3 Rest peacefully, beautiful!!! Thinking of you 💜
    4 I love you so much I think about you everyday Autumn always -Ty🩷
    3 Sweet Angel never forgotten ❤️❤️🥰
    3 We miss you dearly, Autumn💜👸🏽
    4 I love you🩷-Ty
    3 I love you & miss you 💜
    3 I love you & miss you💜
    4 Gone way too soon. I miss you so much.
    5 Hey beautiful 💕 We still standing strong for you -Nian
    4 Praying for your family 💜
    3 Kerp
    4 Keep shining down us 💜
    7 Rest peacefully, Autumn. Always thinking of you. 💜
    5 Aunty Krissy loves you!!! Please know that we miss you everyday baby. 😘😘🩷🩷🩷🫂🫂
    4 Rest peacefully, Autumn 💜👸🏽
    5 Forever 21!!! Loved by many a beautiful Angel 💔
    4 Autumnnnnnnn 🩷 ily -TT Nian
    7 Forever 21 Love you cuz💕
    4 HHB Autumn. Love and miss you forever. Grandma
    7 2/7/26, a year that feels like a day. Grandma💔
    7 Awww… Never met her but I can tell by the comments she was definitely loved.. 🕊️💕 Rest Peacefully

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