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At just 18, Darielle Tyree Rainey had grown accustomed to funerals.
In 2004, her father was fatally shot as he sat in a car. A grandfather, celebrated Creole chef Austin Leslie, died of a heart attack in 2005. Another grandfather succumbed to a heart attack that year, collapsing in a church. A grandmother died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 2007.
"The family went through a lot, and even though we had so many unfortunate instances, none of that changed her, " said Rainey's aunt, Tonya Durden, 35. "She still smiled. She didn't let life -- things we can't control -- distract her. I never knew fear in her."
Now the family will have to cope with the violent death of Rainey, one of their youngest and brightest, the teenager who had remained so strong in the face of such great loss. Rainey, an outgoing Eleanor McMain Secondary School junior, was fatally shot Sunday as she sat in a blue Volkswagen, circumstances hauntingly familiar to her father's death.
To visit her Father click on Darrick Durden.
Darielle T. Rainey
RAINEY Darielle T. Rainey passed on Sunday, September 21, 2008. She was born August 2, 1990 to Tanya Rainey and the late Darrick Durden. Survived by sisters: Ariana and Daizhan; and brother, Da'z. She is the granddaughter of Victoria Rainey-Leslie, Leonard W. Brown, (San Antonio, TX), the late Austin Leslie, the late Maxine Briggs-Baldwin and the late Douglas Durden. Step-granddaughter of Brenda Durden and the great-granddaughter of Viola Durden. She is the niece of Shannon and Felix Rainey, Jr. and Tonya Durden. The aunt of Bernell Campbell, Jr. and the stepdaughter of DeShundra Henderson. Relatives and friends of the family, also faculty and students of Eleanor McMain High School are invited to a Funeral Service on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 1923 St. Philip Street, New Orleans, LA from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Burial to follow at St. Louis Cemetery #3, Esplanade Ave., New Orleans, LA. CHARBONNET-LABAT-GLAPION
At just 18, Darielle Tyree Rainey had grown accustomed to funerals.
In 2004, her father was fatally shot as he sat in a car. A grandfather, celebrated Creole chef Austin Leslie, died of a heart attack in 2005. Another grandfather succumbed to a heart attack that year, collapsing in a church. A grandmother died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 2007.
"The family went through a lot, and even though we had so many unfortunate instances, none of that changed her, " said Rainey's aunt, Tonya Durden, 35. "She still smiled. She didn't let life -- things we can't control -- distract her. I never knew fear in her."
Now the family will have to cope with the violent death of Rainey, one of their youngest and brightest, the teenager who had remained so strong in the face of such great loss. Rainey, an outgoing Eleanor McMain Secondary School junior, was fatally shot Sunday as she sat in a blue Volkswagen, circumstances hauntingly familiar to her father's death.
To visit her Father click on Darrick Durden.
Darielle T. Rainey
RAINEY Darielle T. Rainey passed on Sunday, September 21, 2008. She was born August 2, 1990 to Tanya Rainey and the late Darrick Durden. Survived by sisters: Ariana and Daizhan; and brother, Da'z. She is the granddaughter of Victoria Rainey-Leslie, Leonard W. Brown, (San Antonio, TX), the late Austin Leslie, the late Maxine Briggs-Baldwin and the late Douglas Durden. Step-granddaughter of Brenda Durden and the great-granddaughter of Viola Durden. She is the niece of Shannon and Felix Rainey, Jr. and Tonya Durden. The aunt of Bernell Campbell, Jr. and the stepdaughter of DeShundra Henderson. Relatives and friends of the family, also faculty and students of Eleanor McMain High School are invited to a Funeral Service on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 1923 St. Philip Street, New Orleans, LA from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Burial to follow at St. Louis Cemetery #3, Esplanade Ave., New Orleans, LA. CHARBONNET-LABAT-GLAPION
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At just 18, Darielle Tyree Rainey had grown accustomed to funerals.
In 2004, her father was fatally shot as he sat in a car. A grandfather, celebrated Creole chef Austin Leslie, died of a heart attack in 2005. Another grandfather succumbed to a heart attack that year, collapsing in a church. A grandmother died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 2007.
"The family went through a lot, and even though we had so many unfortunate instances, none of that changed her, " said Rainey's aunt, Tonya Durden, 35. "She still smiled. She didn't let life -- things we can't control -- distract her. I never knew fear in her."
Now the family will have to cope with the violent death of Rainey, one of their youngest and brightest, the teenager who had remained so strong in the face of such great loss. Rainey, an outgoing Eleanor McMain Secondary School junior, was fatally shot Sunday as she sat in a blue Volkswagen, circumstances hauntingly familiar to her father's death.
To visit her Father click on Darrick Durden.
Darielle T. Rainey
RAINEY Darielle T. Rainey passed on Sunday, September 21, 2008. She was born August 2, 1990 to Tanya Rainey and the late Darrick Durden. Survived by sisters: Ariana and Daizhan; and brother, Da'z. She is the granddaughter of Victoria Rainey-Leslie, Leonard W. Brown, (San Antonio, TX), the late Austin Leslie, the late Maxine Briggs-Baldwin and the late Douglas Durden. Step-granddaughter of Brenda Durden and the great-granddaughter of Viola Durden. She is the niece of Shannon and Felix Rainey, Jr. and Tonya Durden. The aunt of Bernell Campbell, Jr. and the stepdaughter of DeShundra Henderson. Relatives and friends of the family, also faculty and students of Eleanor McMain High School are invited to a Funeral Service on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 1923 St. Philip Street, New Orleans, LA from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Burial to follow at St. Louis Cemetery #3, Esplanade Ave., New Orleans, LA. CHARBONNET-LABAT-GLAPION
At just 18, Darielle Tyree Rainey had grown accustomed to funerals.
In 2004, her father was fatally shot as he sat in a car. A grandfather, celebrated Creole chef Austin Leslie, died of a heart attack in 2005. Another grandfather succumbed to a heart attack that year, collapsing in a church. A grandmother died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 2007.
"The family went through a lot, and even though we had so many unfortunate instances, none of that changed her, " said Rainey's aunt, Tonya Durden, 35. "She still smiled. She didn't let life -- things we can't control -- distract her. I never knew fear in her."
Now the family will have to cope with the violent death of Rainey, one of their youngest and brightest, the teenager who had remained so strong in the face of such great loss. Rainey, an outgoing Eleanor McMain Secondary School junior, was fatally shot Sunday as she sat in a blue Volkswagen, circumstances hauntingly familiar to her father's death.
To visit her Father click on Darrick Durden.
Darielle T. Rainey
RAINEY Darielle T. Rainey passed on Sunday, September 21, 2008. She was born August 2, 1990 to Tanya Rainey and the late Darrick Durden. Survived by sisters: Ariana and Daizhan; and brother, Da'z. She is the granddaughter of Victoria Rainey-Leslie, Leonard W. Brown, (San Antonio, TX), the late Austin Leslie, the late Maxine Briggs-Baldwin and the late Douglas Durden. Step-granddaughter of Brenda Durden and the great-granddaughter of Viola Durden. She is the niece of Shannon and Felix Rainey, Jr. and Tonya Durden. The aunt of Bernell Campbell, Jr. and the stepdaughter of DeShundra Henderson. Relatives and friends of the family, also faculty and students of Eleanor McMain High School are invited to a Funeral Service on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 1923 St. Philip Street, New Orleans, LA from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Burial to follow at St. Louis Cemetery #3, Esplanade Ave., New Orleans, LA. CHARBONNET-LABAT-GLAPION
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