Zhondrese La’Trice Dawson was born to the late Barbara Ann Dawson and David Leonard Gardner on January 28, 1985, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was a very loving and devoted mother. Zhondrese received her formal education through the Jackson County School District and she graduated from Moss Point High School. She later furthered her education by attending Bishop State Community College, where she received her degree as a medical assistant. On November 22, 2022, after fighting a good fight and running a difficult race, God opened his arms and called his daughter, Zhondrese La’Trice Dawson (Duke), home to rest at the age of thirty-seven. Zhondrese dedicated her life to her two boys and to helping her family and friends. Zhondrese was preceded in death by her parents, Barbara Ann Dawson and David Leonard Gardner; maternal grandparents, Johnny Dawson and Nercile Dawson; paternal grandfather, Wallace Marion; aunts, Annette Gardner and Gail Marion; uncle, Johnny Dawson, Jr. and nephew, Darius Johnson.
She leaves her loving and devoted family to cherish her memories: children, Jykerion Dawson and Khannon Dawson; grandmother, Mary Lee Gardner Marion; siblings, Christopher Dawson and Jaguer Dawson, Sheltoria, Marlicia, Jamariay McDonald and Bryant Perkins; great-aunts, Dorothy (Clarence) Thomas, Vernestine Wansley, and Lenora Williams; aunts, Helen Dawson, Johnny Elisa Dawson, Jessie (Raymond) Moore, Sandra Thompson, and Diane Fields; great-uncles, Samuel Williams, Earnest Williams, and Wesley Williams, Jr.; uncles, Wallace Gardner, Willie James Gardner, Wayne (Jennifer) Marion, Charles (Barbara) Marion, Steve (Toccka) Marion, Johnnie (Terria) Marion, Samuel Conerly, Sr., and Alvia Conerly; devoted uncle, Lonnie (Patricia) Marion; very devoted and loving cousin, Jalessa “GG” Williams; devoted and loving nieces and nephews, Keyonia, Daisha and Kristin Dawson, Daizah McLeod, Asante and Christopher Dawson, Jr., Cheyenne Moffett, Chance Dawson, Jy’Kailynn Dawson, Carsyn Dawson, Logan Washington, Denver Johnson, Ja’Khanlen and Ja’Kaylen Williams. Devoted and loving friends, Alisha McCall, Dalonda Covan, and Benjamin Williams; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and loving friends.
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