Daughter of the late Aulsie Kirkland and Lular Steward Turner Kirkland. Older sister to the late Mitttie Lou Genie Kirkland. Younger sister of the late Helvatus Kirkland and Edward Turner. Beloved wife of Jessie Earl Gates and darling mother to Delores Maria Gates Thomas and Austin Earl Gates. Loving grandmother to Shayla Thomas Patton, Joseph Thomas, III (JJ), and Nichole Jones Davis. Proud great-grandmother to Najee Davis, MiKayla Patton, Amiyah Patton, Tayvin Thomas, Jhanae Davis, and Joseph Thomas, IV (LJ).
She was a lifelong educator and was a beacon of light in her family. We love and miss her daily but we know that her spirit remains.
She was a lifelong educator and was a beacon of light in her family. We love and miss her daily but we know that her spirit remains.
Daughter of the late Aulsie Kirkland and Lular Steward Turner Kirkland. Older sister to the late Mitttie Lou Genie Kirkland. Younger sister of the late Helvatus Kirkland and Edward Turner. Beloved wife of Jessie Earl Gates and darling mother to Delores Maria Gates Thomas and Austin Earl Gates. Loving grandmother to Shayla Thomas Patton, Joseph Thomas, III (JJ), and Nichole Jones Davis. Proud great-grandmother to Najee Davis, MiKayla Patton, Amiyah Patton, Tayvin Thomas, Jhanae Davis, and Joseph Thomas, IV (LJ).
She was a lifelong educator and was a beacon of light in her family. We love and miss her daily but we know that her spirit remains.
She was a lifelong educator and was a beacon of light in her family. We love and miss her daily but we know that her spirit remains.
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Educated All Who Knew Her With A Touch Of Class
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Buried next to her mother
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