Kedesh L. Lorick

THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF KEDESH LAVETTE LORICK

KEDESH LAVETTE LORICK, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN TO ALL WHO LOVED HER AS "KK," GAINED HER WINGS ON DECEMBER 24, 2025.

BORN ON JULY 22, 1979, TO ALVIN SMITH AND THE LATE VITA LORICK, KK WAS A VIBRANT SOUL WHOSE LIFE WAS DEFINED BY FAITH, FAMILY, AND AN UNWAVERING SPIRIT.

HER FOUNDATION- KK WAS RAISED IN THE HEART OF THE CHURCH UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYES AND LOVING GUIDANCE OF HER GRANDPARENTS, BISHOP WILLIE H. LORICK AND MOTHER MABLE L. LORICK.  THROUGH THEM, SHE WAS ROOTED IN THE PENTECOSTAL FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE APOSTOLIC DOCTRINE. THROUGHOUT THE MANY SEASONS OF HER LIFE, KK'S FAITH NEVER WAVERED; SHE REMAINED A BELIEVER WHO KNEW THE POWER OF PRAYER AND THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD.

HER SPIRIT AND TALENTS- GROWING UP IN THE CLOSE-KNIT FEDERAL GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD OF RIVIERA BEACH, KK WAS A WELL-LIKED AND CHERISHED FRIEND TO MANY. SHE WAS REMARKABLY GIFTED WITH HER HANDS, POSSESSING A NATURAL TALENT FOR BRAIDING AND STYLING HAIR—A CRAFT SHE PRACTICED WITH CREATIVITY AND CARE.

TO KNOW KK WAS TO KNOW A PROTECTOR SHE WAS A FiERCE ADVOCATE FOR HER FAMILY AND SIBLINGS; SHE STOOD BOLDLY AGAINST ANY INJUSTICE, ALWAYS READY
TO FIGHT FOR THOSE SHE LOVED. HER LOYALTY WAS AS LEGENDARY AS HER SPIRIT.  HER GREATEST LOVE- THOUGH KK FACED MANY TRIALS IN HER JOURNEY, SHE NEVER STOPPED PRESSING FORWARD. HER RESILIENCE WAS FUELED BY THE DEEP, ABIDING LOVE SHE HELD FOR HER CHILDREN. HER GREATEST MISSION WAS TO CREATE A GOOD LIFE FOR HER BOYS, WHO WERE THE LIGHT OF HER LIFE.

A HEAVENLY REUNION- KK WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER, VITA LORICK; HER SON, MARKEL SAMUELS JR.; HER BROTHER, DONTA LORICK; HER GRANDPARENTS, BISHOP WILLIE H. AND MABLE L. LORICK; HER AUNT, ROSE LORICK; AND HER COUSIN, ANDERSON "A)" LORICK JR.

THOSE WHO CHERISH HER MEMORY-

-SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER LEGACY HER FOUR BELOVED SONS, CALEB SAMUELS, EDDY DEAN JR, AND MARKEL & MARQUEZ SAMUELS.; ONE DAUGHTER: MARKERRIAH SAMUELS, FOUR GOD-CHILDREN: ANTHONY  "MAN-MAN" & OCTAVIOUS "TAE" PARAMORE, MERCEDES PARSON AND MEYON FREEMAN
-HER LOVING FATHER, ALVIN SMITH
-HER BROTHER CHRISTOPHER LORICK
-SPECIAL COUSINS: EDWARD RAINEY, CAMERON RAINEY, TYGERESS" KISHA" FLEMING DEANDRA, SHANETRIA, & DAVID LORICK, QUADRELDA "PEACHES" CHESTER.
REJEANIA BYNES, REGINALD "PEANUT", SEAN, PORSCHA, WYNDELL, T.). & WILLIE
-SPECIAL AUNTS: DENISE LORICK, DONIQUE LORICK, HELEN LORICK, JANECE JAMES
-SPECIAL UNCLES: ANDERSON LORICK, TIMOTHY LORICK
-SPECIAL FRIENDS! ELDER LEE & DEBRA FERGUSON, EDDY DEALSR. TAKEISHA JONES, CAMESHA DONALDSON, CLAUDIA DIXON & ENTIRE DIXON FAMILY, TAVIS LURRY, VIVIAN SPIVEY,
-GOD PARENTS: ALICE & JOHNNY HAYWOOD.

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