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Kayla Castro Obituary

Kayla Zee
Castro
September 22, 1995-
March 31, 2012
Columbus, GA- Kayla Zee Castro, 16, of Columbus, GA passed away Saturday, March 31, 2012 in Columbus, GA.
Love, patience, beauty, kindness, special and neat, simple, touching, smart, kind, meaningful, positive, silly, wonderful. She was bubbly. She was a sister, a friend, a daughter. A granddaughter, a niece, a cousin, a friend. She was wonderful, peaceful, smiles, gracefully clumsy, funny, spiritual, and conservative. She was fearless, exclusive, and one of a kind. A child of God. This is what Kayla stood for. I love you mama. Thank you for being the best. You are my strength.
Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Saturday, April 7, 2012 at McMullen Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jimbo Albrecht officiating. Interment will follow at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the funeral home 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus, GA 31907.
Ms. Castro was born September 22, 1995 in Columbus, GA daughter of Zoelvy Castro and Mark Christopher Tyler. She was a student at Hardaway High School and a member of Fairview Baptist Church.
Survivors other than her parents include her brother, Evans Gene Castro, maternal grandparents, Zoraida and Evans Castro, paternal grandparents, Otis Delaney and Phyllis Ann Tyler, aunts and uncles, Brian and Michelle Burditt and Michael and Darlene Tackett, cousins, Sophie Burditt, Aubrey Tackett and William Tackett.
Flowers will be accepted but those who wish may make memorial gifts to Fairview Baptist Church, 2913 Reese Road, Columbus, GA or PAWS Humane, 4900 Milgen Road, Columbus, GA 31908.
Those who wish may sign the on-line guest registry at www.mcmullenfuneralhome.com.

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Published by Columbus Ledger-Enquirer from Apr. 5 to Apr. 6, 2012.

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kaite bolin

February 2, 2013

You were a very beautiful girl kayla . i will miss you i know your watching over us all . rest in paradise beautiful - kaite bolin

chey fletcher

October 30, 2012

i still miss you bffnmwaafnebog

Kelly Swinyard

April 23, 2012

To Kayla's family : I was Kayla's counselor at Waddell Elementary. Kayla was such a beautiful, loving, happy girl. If any of you would like to talk I'm always available. My deepest sympathy goes to you all. I miss her dearly. With love, Kelly Swinyard

Stephanie Dorr

April 20, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family!
-Justin & Stephanie Dorr

Johnathan Bennett

April 17, 2012

Kayla i didn't know you very well but i will miss you. to the entire castro family im sorry and you are in my prayers never give up keep your head up.

Jennifer Baker-Blair

April 16, 2012

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Castro Family. My son attends Hardaway and the students are missing her too. God Bless.

Tessa Hamby

April 15, 2012

I know we weren't super close, but we will all miss your beautiful face. You were one of the sweetest girls I've ever met. My prayers are with your family. I know your watching down on everyone, we'll see you soon enough. Your missed <3 r.i.p pretty girl .

Phyllis Rackley

April 10, 2012

Kayla, I love you Girl and you know that. we all miss you! Its not the same at school. We all miss you making us all smile and miss you showing us how happy you was. RIP Babygirl!

Tameka Edwards

April 9, 2012

Man Kayla we are going to miss you tremendously. It feels like just yesterday we got in our cooking groups and we were playing Draw Something. We miss you and love you. R.I.P

Charmin O'Block

April 9, 2012

So incredibly sorry for this family... I am a mom of 4 and can't imagine this pain. You are in my prayers....

Ethelyn Brogden

April 9, 2012

you were a wonderful person and friend to everyone. we love you and we miss you. R.I.P.

Lesley Chambers

April 9, 2012

Kayla, you were an amazing.friend, and the kind of person people look up too. You were so sweet, and so loving, and strong. You were the kind of strong I wish I could be. I love you babygirl, I'll see you again someday but for now, hold it down in Heaven and I'll do whatever I can to keep your memory alive.

Amy S.

April 9, 2012

I did not know Kayla but I pray that her loss was not in vain. I pray that her story makes others value life more than ever and that we should never take a single day for granted. I think Kayla knew that just from hearing stories about her. My prayers are with the Castro family during their sorrow. May you find the strength you need in the coming days to fill your heart with peace.

Timika Reese

April 9, 2012

R.I.P KAYLA , I remember you from Midland Middle your were so sweet and a kind and loving girl. I'm going to miss you alot . Gone But Not Forgotten ,
<3

April 9, 2012

May your soul rest, and people realize your journey just began. Rest in Paradise. <3.

Casey Kelly

April 8, 2012

I love you Kayla & I wish I could have been there for your funeral. I love you so muuuch and I can't believe that happened. I wish it didnt have to happen, you are a gorgeous girl. You will be missed love and I will see you soon. I love you sweet girl.

Heather Osborn

April 8, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with Kayla's family.
May she rest in peace.

(Mrs. Osborn, HHS school counselor)

Jennifer Crawford

April 7, 2012

You had a beautiful daughter Zee, may her beautiful face live in your heart forever. My mom Cheryl & I send our deepest sympathy to you & your family at this very difficult time. May He be your strength.

Terry Ledesma

April 7, 2012

My prayers go out to the Castro Family .. to her mother and especially her brother Evans. I remember always seeing Kayla walking up and down the street or outside playing. And after today's beautiful home going I'm sure that you will be in the hearts and minds of several people and will never be forgotten!! God needed another angel and decided it was you! Rest in Paradise

ashley browning

April 7, 2012

i miss ur beautiful face baby girl. but ur family is in my prayers. your a beautiful angel now :) watch over me and bentlee
<3 ashley browning

Dottie Lenhary

April 7, 2012

My heart goes out to zee n the family. Im sorry i wasnt able to come to the viewing or funeral but i was out of town. Kayla will be missed dearly by all her friends and family. God bless you all. Just trust in God. It will get easier with time.

RANDY SADLER

April 7, 2012

I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. YOUR FAMILY IS IN MY PRAYERS.

Amanda Hood

April 7, 2012

Rest in peace Kayla, you will never be forgotten.
Once a hawk, Always a hawk! Go spread your wings and soar
You are never promised tomorrow. You were a sweet friend.
My condolences to the Castro family for this loss.

Don & Amanda Willis

April 6, 2012

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

thyra brown

April 6, 2012

Omg zo my prayers are with you and the family keep your head up and stay strong for joy comes in the morning.

April 6, 2012

Castro may God bless your family. God will give you piece in your time of need. God Bless.. Sandra Carter.

Donna Gowen

April 6, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with the Castro family.

April 6, 2012

heyy chica your were a great friend and so sweet you will be missed but never forgotten. you are and forever will be in my heart. i love you chick
lacey newell

Tiffany Miles

April 6, 2012

To the Castro family & the friends of Kayla, I am so sorry 4 ur loss. Stay strong & keep ur heads up.

valencia broadnax

April 6, 2012

i dont know you but i wanted to take this time out to say you will be truly missed... my prayers go out to you and your family

Julie Turner

April 6, 2012

Kayla,
i will miss you dearly and your beautiful face and smile everytime i see you and you was one of my best friends i still look back on our times in class and what you wrote in my yearbook!!(: i love you angel .. Rest In The Paradise Of Heaven Beautful

stephanie mordi a

April 6, 2012

I don't know you but I have a beautiful 17 year old daughter as well.
My prayefs go out to your family.
Stephanie mordica

Tony Hanson

April 6, 2012

Heaven has received another beautiful angel. My condolences go out to Zoelvy and Mark.

Matt Alverson

April 6, 2012

Kayla, You will be truly missed! But I know you will be smiling down on everyone! Zee, My thoughts and prayers are with you and Evans and your whole family! Love ya'll!

Daphne Sword

April 6, 2012

I knew her as a bright happy child. God must have needed an extra angel by his side.

Belinda & Arabella Walton

April 6, 2012

I love you Kayla Zee i know your in a better place and ill see you again one day. As for her family i love everyone of yal and my prays will be with you.

AIDA QUINTANA

April 6, 2012

CASTRO FAMILY,WE FEEL YOUR PAIN, KAYLA WAS LIKE PART OF OUR FAMILY.MAY THE LORD GIVE YOU STRENTH.WE ARE WITH YOU IN YOUR SORROW. THE QUINTANA FAMILY.....

Rodney Laney

April 6, 2012

Words cannot express what I feel I have known this child most of her life. She loved the salon doing arts and crafts singing such a happy pleasent child. I watched her grow up to be a true beauty inside and out. Kayla we miss you already but I know you will make heaven a brighter place with your smile alone. From all your friends from HOTLOCKS we will always love you.

Margy and Frank Bori

April 6, 2012

I am so sorry for this loss for your family. I didn't know her very well as a young lady, but I know she was loved by all of you and that she was an extraordinay person. You are all in my prayers and thoughts.

Carol King

April 6, 2012

I love you Zee!!, I can't tell you How much I grieve for your loss, I will always be here when you need a shoulder!

YAHAIRA DIAZ

April 5, 2012

with my hearth broken i just want to let u know tia Zora and Zoelvy and to the rest of the family that im sorry for our lost because we are family and we love our liltle Kayla...you are in our prayers rest in peace mamita i know you will be in a paradise ..love you ! Yary and fam. from P.R.

Rebecca Belflowers

April 5, 2012

My heart goes out to the family, for your loss of a young beutiful girl. She will surely be missed.

Kayla in my cooking class on March 28, 2012.

Kerri Seckinger

April 5, 2012

To my sweet Kayla -
You were a wonderful student with a beautiful soul and you'll always hold a special place in my heart. We shared many great moments and I was looking forward to so many more. How I loved having you in my class - and how I will miss you. I'll never forget the funny look on your face when you bit into those Veggie Burgers we made in cooking class last week... and how you left yours as a "gift" on my desk. I feel the loss of you so profoundly. My heart will never be the same. I love you dearly, "Ms. S" at HHS

Tom and Debbi Lytle

April 5, 2012

Evans and Zoraida. We were devastated to learn about your loss. Tom says he remembers Kayla when she was kneehigh while we were all working together.
Please accept our deepest sympathies.

Pam Merritt

April 5, 2012

My heart breaks for Kayla's family and friends. You are all in my prayers as you go through such a difficult time. Keep close to God so he can help you through.

Khalil Nunes

April 5, 2012

May God continue to Bless and keep your family through these difficult days.They will find strength in Him.

April 5, 2012

My prayers are with you. May God comfort you and lead you through this time. May the light that was Kayla live on in those who loved her. with blessings

Blanche Moore

April 5, 2012

There is a country song by Gary Allan that says "Life aint always beautiful, but it's a bueatiful life." I am confident knowing that our kids bring so much beauty to life. They are our most precious commodity. My daughter, Savannah Moore, and the rest of her friends will forever miss her. May Kayla's memory live on forever and may your family find peace, strength and courage. Hardaway Students have suffered a tremendous loss within a 6 month time period with the loss of Conner Weeks and now Kayla and they have yet again pulled together like a huge family, and Zee your strength.....is.....I am in awe especially when Jimbo quoted you on facebook by stating "at some point in time everyone leaves you, even your shadow, but God never leaves you." Each time you feel the sun shine, I pray you know that it's Kayla looking down on you smiling from Heaven in peace with our heavenly father. Peace be with you all.

Evelyn Gill

April 5, 2012

May God continue to Bless and keep your family through these difficult days.They will find strength in Him.

The Raine Family

April 5, 2012

May her legacy live on in your spirts and ma you and your family find the strengh to move on. It is not easy to lose a child no matter what age, and your baby girl is gone too soon. We are praying for you Zee as well as the rest of the Castro family during this difficult time in your lifes. Stay strong!!

Crystal Green

April 5, 2012

May God comfort your family today and always. Prayers and thoughts are with each of you through this most difficult times.

STEPHANIE WASHINGTON

April 5, 2012

The Colwell's love & miss you Kayla. You were always so a bright and beautiful and so full of life... Always smiling and making the ones around you smile and feel better. Beautiful young lady inside and out and that's a VERY rare quality to have, but you had it all... I love you Kayla Zee, Love Aunt Stephanie

Deanna Young

April 5, 2012

Zee,
I am so sorry for your loss. I don't know what to say...you and your family are in my prayers.

Shannen Johnson

April 5, 2012

Warm Summer Sun

Warm summer sun,
Shine kindly here,
Warm southern wind,
Blow softly here.
Green sod above,
Lie light, lie light.
Good night, dear heart,
Good night, good night.

By Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
The Poetry Foundation

a mom

April 5, 2012

So many families are weeping with you and many prayers are being said.

Faye Kuehl

April 5, 2012

Kayla, I am so sorry this had to happen toa beautiful and wonderful girl. You will be missed very much by me because you were part of my life.My thoughts and prayers are with your families.

Sheila McCollough

April 5, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with the family. I am so sorry for your loss.

Scott wood

April 5, 2012

My dear Zee..sometimes in this life we must loose someone very dear to us in order to have a guardian angel to watch over us..not beside us. Kayla took the torch.. I know now you have a guardian angel and that puts peace in my heart..I will miss her walking in the salon..eating her sunflower seeds and rolling her eyes at you.. I know how much she meant to you and I know how much you meant to her..This is a flight we all will take sooner or later..Believe and know as hard as it seems..she is in an awesome place hovering over you and her loved ones..Honor her and live the way she would want..A lifetime in heaven is nothing more than a minute on Earth.. Be strong and she will visit you in your dreams..Kayla..I love you and admire you even more for taking the torch..sweet girl..God blessed you and gave you eternal life that some people may not understand..but I do..and trust in every decision he makes..Love and miss you already..Scott

Amee Missildine-Tillis

April 5, 2012

When we have remembered everything , We grow afraid of what we may forget. A face , a voice ,a smile . No need to fear forgetting. Because the heart remembers always .

April 5, 2012

Such a tragic end to a beautiful person who was full of life. May her soul rest in peace and may she watch over her family as they struggle to get through this difficult time. Your family is in my thoughts and prayers. God bless you.

Dana Echols

April 5, 2012

I have just heard thru the news of this happening. I dont know the family but as a mother of a 15yrold, I can only imagine the empty helpless feeling. I am so sorry for your loss. I will be keeping you in our thoughts and prayers for you to go thru what you will in the years to come with out you baby.

April 5, 2012

I can only imagine.... the pain this brings to the family of such a beauiful person. My prayers are for your acceptance that she is in a better place and will be your guiding "Angel" I did not know her or the family but I have a 16 yr old Granddaughter I can only imagine.....

April 5, 2012

My prayers are with Kayla'family. I did not know Kayla, but you don't have to know a person to hurt for the family when something tragic happens. Just stay srtong for each other and keep trusting in God. He will see you through this pain.Loretta Myers

Ceslie

April 5, 2012

Kayla you will be deeply missed

Peace, Prayers, and Blessings.

April 5, 2012

Dear Kayla. I am sorry this had to happen to a very beautiful and kind special girl. I knew you since the day you were born and you were a fighter. I remember you in the NICU sleeping like a little froggie. I will always remember you, pretty girl. Love you, Titi Margy.

Jo Simonds

April 5, 2012

Kayla was a beautiful bright light that shined in many lives. She brightened the lives of my family, especially Matt and Georgia. She will be missed terribly.

Myra McMillan

April 5, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with the family of this beautiful young lady. Your angel now watches over you from heaven. May God bring you comfort. I do not personally know Kayla or the family but you all will be in my prayers.

April 5, 2012

Pete and I are so sorry for your loss.
Nancy Baker, Fortson Ga

Sandra Clark

April 4, 2012

In loving memory of Kayla Castro and a expression of comfort and love for her Mother.

Sandra Clark

April 4, 2012

Zee, I am so sorry to hear about your lost. My heart goes out to you and your family.I know it is hard to understand why this has happened. Having lost my daughter at 18,I can say I know how you feel but I also know GOD's timing is not our timing. When we are conceived our destiny is determine.GOD put Kayla here for 15 years. He doesn't tell us how we are going. We are all going when he calls.GOD needed another angel and precious rose. Be thankful for the years you had with her, the memories you have made and the lives she has touch.It has been 24 yrs for me and it seems like yesterday but we laugh and talk about her as though she is here...Praying for you that GOD will give you strength , mercy and grace everyday as you go through your lost. Love you and Praying for you and your family. If you need snything please call.

michael tillis

April 4, 2012

Im so sorry to both familys it is a huge loss and she will be missed by all if you all need anything we will be there

Amy Missildine

April 4, 2012

You will be missed bye many and you are loved by everyone ..may you rest in peace . God bless you , family and friends .

Elizabeth Lewis(Hicks)

April 4, 2012

Kayla, my name is Elizabeth Lewis (Ms. Hicks). I used to be your first grade teacher at Waddell. I have fond memories of you. The year you were in my class was my first year teaching. You were such a sweetheart! I would love to have every child be just like you. You were so smart, and always happy! I know that your mother is so proud of you!You will always be in my heart.

The McMullen Family and the Staff of McMullen Funeral Home

April 5, 2012

Offering our deepest condolences during this difficult time.

jackson brown

April 4, 2012

kayla, i enjoyed talking to you everyday at school. when ever i was mad or sad you always would talk me out of it!! you are one of the most sweetest girls i have ever met! you will be missed so much by friends and family! you will stay in my prayers forever!! love you so much girl

Hardaway High Golf Team Coach Alex Davis / Kelli Fuller (Booster Club)/ and HHS Golf Team

April 4, 2012

We are all so sorry to have lost you so young Kayla - You will be missed by many - Your friends and family at HHS will never forget you - May God wrap his loving arms around you and give you peace

Wanda Hand

April 4, 2012

WE WILL MISS U GORL REST IN PEACE

Orlando Gallardo

April 4, 2012

We will miss you. We saw you when you were very tiny but strong enough to make it. We'll always have you in our hearts. God Bless You!

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