~"Our Lives Were Made Brighter by Your Smile"~
Leah was a part time model for the Chamber of Commerce of Sevierville, Tn.
This is from the cover of the current (2009)advertising
campaign for the Chamber. The photos had already been sent to the printers at the time of her murder.
Leah was a beloved daughter, sister, auntie, grandaughter, niece, special cousin and special friend.Her life was tragically taken on Tuesday, Nov.17,2009. At the time of her murder, Leah was a student at Walter State Community College in Sevierville, Tn.
She was a 2009 graduate of Sevier County High School,and had accumulated 12 college credits. She was a senator in Student Government in high school, and belonged to the BETA Club and the D.E.C.C.A. Club.Leah was also a teen board member. She also played tennis all thru high school, and was a cheerleader in junior and high school.
Everyone who ever met Leah was instantly captivated by her smile. She was so kind and sweet to every one, a young person we were so proud of.
~ ♥~ Heart-broken Mamaw ~ ♥~
"And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?" Luke 24:32 (KJV)
This was one of many favorite scriptures of Leah's, and she would quote it often to her Mamaw.
Please visit little Kyle Holland's memorial site:
www.kyle-holland.last-memories.com
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We Love you Leah!
~Our Saddest Christmas ever~The first one without our Leah~
Dec.25,2009
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"I'll Fly Away~ Oh Glory!"
~ To Leah ~ from ~ Your Moma~
Leah,You and I had always planned on going to France someday to visit your French relatives. Your grandmother, Josette, was born in France and that was a life long dream of ours. I am so sad we will never get to realize so many of our dreams. My heart is so broken~my life is so broken.
~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~
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A scholarship in Leah's honor has been established at ~Sevier County High School~
SCHS Fund
P.O.Box 4124
Sevierville, Tn.37864
Mark your check "Avril Fund"
First recipient of Leah's scholarship
S.C.H.S. May 23, 2010
Congratulations!
A salute to American Heroes
Paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq~Mar.22,2007
Sacrificed his life to save another~ July 31, 2008
Fallen Firefighter~Dec.31,2008
~Thank you for remembering our angel~
( Jordan Ray Cole's grandma)
Thank you for Leah's Balloon to Heaven
( Rain Serenity Arizola's mommy)
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~We love and miss you so much ~
Leah, we are still and always will be so heartbroken!
We love and miss you so much!!!
~Our Lives will never be the same without you!~
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Mamaw and her Leah Angel Garden
Mother's Day 2010
~"This garden is for my baby angels"~
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"Because He lives, I can face tomorrow."
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How can we go on without you? Everyone who loved you is so devastated.
This is your sixteenth birthday picture. I wanted you to be my Princess, and you were and always will be. Now I call you my Angel Girl.
~Always and forever~ Your Moma
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Our local newspaper link is www.themountainpress.com, also we have a permanent on line obituary in the Knoxville News Sentinel. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/knoxnews/obituary.aspx?n=leah-victoria-avril&pid=136133469
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~February 14, 2010~ Our Saddest Valentine Day~
~Please Light A Candle for Our Leah ~
~ Leah ~ Daddy ~ Niece Haley~
and of course Sadie, Leah's
horse.~
~Taken Easter weekend~2009~
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Haley and Auntie
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BECKY~MOM 2 FFF JARRETT LITTLE | STOPPING THE UNWANTED CANDLES ON LEAH's SITE | August 23, 2023 |
Aunt Jo | Missing You! | November 17, 2020 |
Aunt Jo | Wishing you a gentle birthday in Heaven | June 13, 2018 |
dragan's dad | Happy Easter | March 31, 2018 |
dragan's dad | Happy Easter | April 16, 2017 |