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Akeya Jackson Braelyn Washington Loving

Emma Davis Erica Crenshaw Memory

Katina Mills Whitney Taylor DENZEL “DENNY” MORTON

Honorary Pall Bearers SEPTEMBER 02, 1992 – JULY 17, 2016

Antonio Blakey Danny Gonzales FUNERAL SERVICE

DeVante Dowell Jamar Dowell Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 11:00 AM

James Dowell Ryan Durham First Baptist Church
632 W Main Street, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903
Eternity We’ll Share
(434) 979-0952
Eternity we'll share
because of God's love

Reunited someday
in Heaven above

Think of the memories
we'll make again there

It will be wonderful
eternity we'll share

Acknowledgement

The family wishes to personally thank everyone for their kindness and support
in this time of hardship. God bless you all.

Shaun A. Reid Funeral Services
4804 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20011

(202) 726-7777

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A Prayer of Deepest Sympathy ORDER OF SERVICE O
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Lord, the loved ones gone from us Musical Prelude D
we trust now to Your keeping- Processional…….……………………….…Pastor and Family E
Bring them home at last to You, Selection…………………………………...First Baptist Choir R
wake them from their sleeping, Scripture Reading:
Soothe them with Your grace,
OLD TESTAMENT…………………..…Psalm 23
Take them from this world to find
A better, brighter place… NEW TESTAMENT…………………….John 14:1-7 O
Prayer of Comfort F
Care for them like children, Lord, Selection……………………………………Mr. & Mrs. Carlos Powell
and let them always be
Acknowledgements & Reflections……Antonio Blakey & James Powell S
Safe within Your gentle heart Obituary Reading E
for all eternity. Selection…………………………………...First Baptist Choir R
Poem Reading……………………………..Dashe Morton V
And though we loved them very much, Eulogy……………………………………...Pastor Hodari Hamilton I
We’ll find our peace somehow Benediction C
In knowing we will meet again E
Although we’re parted now.

OBITUARY FOR DENZEL O
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Denzel “Denny” Olajuwon Morton, 23, of Charlottesville I
entered eternal rest on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at the T
University of Virginia Medical Center. U
Denzel was born in Charlottesville on September 2, 1992 to A
Essie “Sweetpea” Morton and Anthony “Ant” Turner. R
He was proceeded in death by his grandmothers Patricia Y
Bailey and Janette Turner; grandfather Walter Carey; uncle
When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. Fred Morton; great aunt Edwina Morton and cousin Alrick
When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not Mignott.
drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you
will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. Denzel was deeply loved by his family and by his
community. He was very respectful with a heart of
Isaiah 43:2 compassion. His smile was infectious and he had a very
“jokey” attitude. He graduated from Charlottesville High
School and loved to shop and get dressed. He had a very
unique style.

Denzel leaves to cherish his memory, his mother Essie
“Sweetpea” Morton; his father Anthony “Ant” Turner;
stepfather Anthony “Tony” Avent; his brothers Brian and
Anthony “AJ” Morton; sister Tierra “Tbonez” Morton; 12
nieces and nephews, Jaleel, Mateka, Briancae, Abraizhia,
Brian Jr, Quamiz, Olajuwon, Yaceia, Reginae, Mashiyah,
Anthony Jr; 3 special cousins LaShawna Rose, Dashe
Morton, and Markwin Howard; a host of friends, Danny,
Antonio, Dreshawn, James, Devante, Jamar, Damar, Terrell
and Kelly Gonzales, who was like a second mother; and a
very special significant other, Laqueshia Burgess.
Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at the
First Baptist Church located at 632 W Main Street with
Pastor Hodari Hamilton officiating. Shaun A Reid Funeral
Home is responsible for the arrangements.

REMEMBERING DENZEL L
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“Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure you are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure.” V
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