Master Avis Nashawn Kennedy

It is with heartfelt condolences that the management and staff of Mitchell-Josey Funeral Home, Inc. and members of the Kennedy/Hickman families announce the passing of Master Avis Nashawn Kennedy of Lamar, SC. Avis transitioned on Friday, March 17, 2023 in a Columbia hospital following an illness. 

Funeral service is 3:00PM on Friday, March 24, 2023 at New Zion Baptist Church #1, 2826 Cale Yarborough Hwy, Timmonsville, SC. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. 

     “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.  If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” Amen.

     Master Avis Nashawn Kennedy was born in Florence, SC on March 11, 2009 a son of Avis Rocardo Kennedy and Kwashema Marie Hickman.  He entered into his final resting place on Friday, March 17, 2023 at Prisma Health Richland Children’s Hospital, Columbia, SC after an extended illness.

     Avis lived all his life in Darlington County where he attended Spaulding Middle School in Lamar, SC.

     Avis loved to play Basketball with his sister, he loved to roller skate, bowling, doing tik tok videos, watching YouTube, going out eating and doing things with his family.  His favorite basketball team was the Chicago Bulls and Jordans.

     “Badman”, as he was affectionately called by family and friends, was a loving son, brother, nephew, grandson, family member and friend.  He has been dealing with CMMRD since October, 2020 and Brain Cancer since November, 2021.  Through it all, he kept in Good Spirits.  Avis will be dearly missed by his family and friends. To know him was to love him.

     Those left to cherish his memory are:  his mother, Kwashema Marie Hickman; his father, Avis Rocardo Kennedy; his sister, Aviana Nakiah Kennedy; a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

My Son

It broke my heart to lose you,

But you did not go alone.

A part of me went with you,

The day God called you home,

A million times I’ve thought of you,

A million times I’ve cried.

If love could have saved you,

You never would have died.

His love will live within me and

I will always weep,

For my son I loved so dearly, but

Yet I could not keep.

Visitation for relatives and friends will be held at the residence, 1411 Wagon Wheel Drive, Lamar, SC.

Please continue to pray for the Kennedy and Hickman families during this most difficult time. 

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