D'Aisha Ravon Porter

  D'Aisha Ravon Porter, born June 29, 1998, was a seventh-grader who attended A.L. Mebane Middle School. D'Aisha accomplished many things despite her daily fight against cancer. She traveled to Washington, D.C. as a safety patrol; she was a cheerleader, basketball player, and a member of St. Luke Y.P.D. choir. She enjoyed modeling; she was a National Achiever, and an Honor Roll student. On June 12, 2012, God called home a beautiful queen. He removed her tiara and replaced it with a golden crown "Job Well Done My Child."

D'Aisha leaves to mourn, her father and mother, Wayne Porter, Sr. and Tonetta Porter; four brothers, Larry Porter, Gainesville; Wayne Porter, Jr., Tampa; Danarrio Chambers and Qarin Porter, both of Alachua; a sister, Nishea Porter of Texas; a goddaughter, Tre'Zari Strawder, Alachua; maternal grandparents, Wallace Howard and Christine Howard, Alachua; paternal grandparents, Rudolph Porter, Sr. (preceded her in death), and Irene Porter, Gainesville; four aunts, Wanda (Harry) Cobb of Cocoa; Cheryl Hankerson, Jacksonville; Leila (Calvin) Banks, Gainesville; and Tressa Howard of Alachua; five uncles, Mitchel Porter of Cocoa; Rudolph Porter, Jr., Sidney Porter, Sr., Regan Howard, all of Gainesville and Vonzell (Miyoshia) Howard, Alachua; special friend, Carlos "Bubba" Bartee of Alachua; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Celebration of Life Services will be held Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 11 a.m. at A.L. Mebane Middle School Auditorium, Alachua, with Rev. Jessie Steele, officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Nebo Cemetery, Alachua. Viewing hours on Friday, June 22, 2012 from 1-3:30 p.m. at Pinkney-Smith Funeral Home, 727 NW 2nd Street, Gainesville; from 5-7 p.m. at St. Luke A.M.E. Church, Alachua; and from 10-11 a.m. at A.L. Mebane Middle School Auditorium; no viewing after the eulogy. The cortege will form Saturday at 10:15 a.m. at the home of D'Aisha, 13609 NW 142 Avenue, Alachua. Services by Pinkney-Smith Funeral Home of Gainesville.