You gave no one a last farewell, nor ever said goodbye. You were gone before we knew it, and only God knows why. A million times we will miss you. A million times we will cry. If love alone could have saved you, you never would have died. In life we loved you dearly, in death we love you still. In our hearts you hold a place, no one else can fill.

I think of things you used to say, and all that you would do, at some point, every single day, my thoughts will turn to you. To lose you was a bitter wrench, the pain cut to my core. I cried until my tears ran out, and then I cried some more. This wouldn't be your wish for me, that i would be forever sad, so I try to remind myself, of the happy times we had. I know I can't be with you now, and you can't be with me. But safe inside my heart you'll stay, that's where you'll always be.

Kelly James Maynard Jr, died on April 24, 2020, at his fathers home in Picayune, MS. He was born April 25, 1990 at Gulfport Memorial Hospital, the Son of Kennyetta Maynard and Kelly Maynard. Surviving in addition to his parents, a sister, Sunnie Cagle and her husband, Shawn Cagle, parents of Jaxon James Cagle and Emery Alton Cagle (nephiews), a grandmother, Lottie Maynard.