Obituary

Lakendra Kirkland, 21, of Dothan died Sunday, January 23, 2000.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, January 29, 2000 at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert E. Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday.

Lakendra was born August 7, 1978 in Houston County, Alabama and lived in Dothan all of her life. She attended Dothan High School and was employed with Church’s Fried Chicken. Lakendra attended North Highland Baptist Church.

Survivors include a son, Marlo Ming, Jr., Dothan; her mother, Deborah A. Smith, her father, Floyd Smith, Jr., both of Dothan; two brothers, Terrence A. Kirkland and Donnie R. Smith, both of Dothan; a half-brother, Floyd T. Vickers; two half-sisters, Lareshia Lee, Atlanta, Georgia and Lakeshia Dawsey, Germany; a special aunt, Belinda Kirkland; two aunts, Jean Smith and June Ethel Smith; an uncle, Kenneth Kirkland; a special grandfather, Wilbur Bishop; two grandmothers, Eloise Kirkland and Ozella Smith; two special friends, Kuterah Rich and Shaquila Carpenter; her Godmother, Vivian Foster, Dothan; a host of cousins and friends also survive.

Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Midland City, Dale County, Alabama, USA, Plot: Garden of Chimes, Lot 168-C, #3