Obituary for Alicia A. Merrell
Celebration of Life Service for Miss Merrell will be Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 1:00PM; Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel, 1003 Ralph D. Abernathy BLVD Atlanta, GA 30310.
Viewing will be Tuesday, May 25, 2021 from 2PM-6PM at Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel.
Interment: Forest Hills Memorial Garden
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'My granddaughter shot down like a dog' | Vigil held for woman killed during violent weekend in Atlanta
Alicia Merrell was one of the six people shot and killed in the city of Atlanta during this past weekend. The suspect hasn't been caught.
Author: Hope Ford
Published: 12:02 AM EDT May 19, 2021
ATLANTA — The family of a 27-year-old is fed up after they said she was killed unloading a U-Haul.
Alicia Merrell was one of the six people shot and killed in the city of Atlanta during this past weekend. The suspect hasn't been caught.
The community held a vigil Tuesday night in her honor.
"I jump out of the bed and get on the floor. I got a bullet hole in my window," Merrell's grandmother, Dorothy Gaston, said tearfully.
"My granddaughter shot down like a dog up there, that's not right," she said.
Merrell's mother, Sonya, said her daughter was the type of person her siblings looked up to.
"They listen to her more than they listen to me," she said.
She was shot multiple times and her family said they don't know why.
The community at the vigil said Merrell was generous, always helping with the kids in the complex, and that she was looking forward to the future.
Now, Merrell is being talked about in past tense.
"Imagine what she was gonna be," said retired detention officer Bruce Griggs. "You hear me? You know how much life that child had to live? I'm 60 something years old. That's child was going to live man, and if they don't bother y'all, somethings wrong with y'all."
Her death hits hard for the people living at Magnolia Gardens because they said they've tried to prevent someone from dying.
"I want it to stop because we need to have somewhere to live. They move and all the drug dealers in here. I don't care, I'm telling at all today," Merrell's grandmother said. "I am so tired and the police department can tell you, I done called them so many times they know who I am!"
Celebration of Life Service for Miss Merrell will be Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 1:00PM; Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel, 1003 Ralph D. Abernathy BLVD Atlanta, GA 30310.
Viewing will be Tuesday, May 25, 2021 from 2PM-6PM at Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel.
Interment: Forest Hills Memorial Garden
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'My granddaughter shot down like a dog' | Vigil held for woman killed during violent weekend in Atlanta
Alicia Merrell was one of the six people shot and killed in the city of Atlanta during this past weekend. The suspect hasn't been caught.
Author: Hope Ford
Published: 12:02 AM EDT May 19, 2021
ATLANTA — The family of a 27-year-old is fed up after they said she was killed unloading a U-Haul.
Alicia Merrell was one of the six people shot and killed in the city of Atlanta during this past weekend. The suspect hasn't been caught.
The community held a vigil Tuesday night in her honor.
"I jump out of the bed and get on the floor. I got a bullet hole in my window," Merrell's grandmother, Dorothy Gaston, said tearfully.
"My granddaughter shot down like a dog up there, that's not right," she said.
Merrell's mother, Sonya, said her daughter was the type of person her siblings looked up to.
"They listen to her more than they listen to me," she said.
She was shot multiple times and her family said they don't know why.
The community at the vigil said Merrell was generous, always helping with the kids in the complex, and that she was looking forward to the future.
Now, Merrell is being talked about in past tense.
"Imagine what she was gonna be," said retired detention officer Bruce Griggs. "You hear me? You know how much life that child had to live? I'm 60 something years old. That's child was going to live man, and if they don't bother y'all, somethings wrong with y'all."
Her death hits hard for the people living at Magnolia Gardens because they said they've tried to prevent someone from dying.
"I want it to stop because we need to have somewhere to live. They move and all the drug dealers in here. I don't care, I'm telling at all today," Merrell's grandmother said. "I am so tired and the police department can tell you, I done called them so many times they know who I am!"
Obituary for Alicia A. Merrell
Celebration of Life Service for Miss Merrell will be Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 1:00PM; Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel, 1003 Ralph D. Abernathy BLVD Atlanta, GA 30310.
Viewing will be Tuesday, May 25, 2021 from 2PM-6PM at Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel.
Interment: Forest Hills Memorial Garden
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'My granddaughter shot down like a dog' | Vigil held for woman killed during violent weekend in Atlanta
Alicia Merrell was one of the six people shot and killed in the city of Atlanta during this past weekend. The suspect hasn't been caught.
Author: Hope Ford
Published: 12:02 AM EDT May 19, 2021
ATLANTA — The family of a 27-year-old is fed up after they said she was killed unloading a U-Haul.
Alicia Merrell was one of the six people shot and killed in the city of Atlanta during this past weekend. The suspect hasn't been caught.
The community held a vigil Tuesday night in her honor.
"I jump out of the bed and get on the floor. I got a bullet hole in my window," Merrell's grandmother, Dorothy Gaston, said tearfully.
"My granddaughter shot down like a dog up there, that's not right," she said.
Merrell's mother, Sonya, said her daughter was the type of person her siblings looked up to.
"They listen to her more than they listen to me," she said.
She was shot multiple times and her family said they don't know why.
The community at the vigil said Merrell was generous, always helping with the kids in the complex, and that she was looking forward to the future.
Now, Merrell is being talked about in past tense.
"Imagine what she was gonna be," said retired detention officer Bruce Griggs. "You hear me? You know how much life that child had to live? I'm 60 something years old. That's child was going to live man, and if they don't bother y'all, somethings wrong with y'all."
Her death hits hard for the people living at Magnolia Gardens because they said they've tried to prevent someone from dying.
"I want it to stop because we need to have somewhere to live. They move and all the drug dealers in here. I don't care, I'm telling at all today," Merrell's grandmother said. "I am so tired and the police department can tell you, I done called them so many times they know who I am!"
Celebration of Life Service for Miss Merrell will be Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 1:00PM; Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel, 1003 Ralph D. Abernathy BLVD Atlanta, GA 30310.
Viewing will be Tuesday, May 25, 2021 from 2PM-6PM at Willie A. Watkins Historic West End Chapel.
Interment: Forest Hills Memorial Garden
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'My granddaughter shot down like a dog' | Vigil held for woman killed during violent weekend in Atlanta
Alicia Merrell was one of the six people shot and killed in the city of Atlanta during this past weekend. The suspect hasn't been caught.
Author: Hope Ford
Published: 12:02 AM EDT May 19, 2021
ATLANTA — The family of a 27-year-old is fed up after they said she was killed unloading a U-Haul.
Alicia Merrell was one of the six people shot and killed in the city of Atlanta during this past weekend. The suspect hasn't been caught.
The community held a vigil Tuesday night in her honor.
"I jump out of the bed and get on the floor. I got a bullet hole in my window," Merrell's grandmother, Dorothy Gaston, said tearfully.
"My granddaughter shot down like a dog up there, that's not right," she said.
Merrell's mother, Sonya, said her daughter was the type of person her siblings looked up to.
"They listen to her more than they listen to me," she said.
She was shot multiple times and her family said they don't know why.
The community at the vigil said Merrell was generous, always helping with the kids in the complex, and that she was looking forward to the future.
Now, Merrell is being talked about in past tense.
"Imagine what she was gonna be," said retired detention officer Bruce Griggs. "You hear me? You know how much life that child had to live? I'm 60 something years old. That's child was going to live man, and if they don't bother y'all, somethings wrong with y'all."
Her death hits hard for the people living at Magnolia Gardens because they said they've tried to prevent someone from dying.
"I want it to stop because we need to have somewhere to live. They move and all the drug dealers in here. I don't care, I'm telling at all today," Merrell's grandmother said. "I am so tired and the police department can tell you, I done called them so many times they know who I am!"
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