Tirekia LaShawn Kinard

Tirekia LaShawn Kinard obituary

Tirekia LaShawn Kinard

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Tirekia Kinard Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Valley Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Roanoke on Oct. 20, 2025.

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TIREKIA LASHAWN MURPHY-KINARD WAS BORN ON JULY 22, 1987, IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO DEBRA LAVERNE SMITH AND LEONARD MURPHY, WHO SURVIVE.

SHE WAS EDUCATED IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM SPINGARN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

TIREKIA MARRIED MATTHEW KINARD ON APRIL 10, 2014.

TIREKIA WAS A LOVING AND ATTENTIVE STAY-AT-HOME MOM. SHE WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN GIRL WHO LOVED MUSIC, TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WATCHING MOVIES. TIREKIA WAS ALSO A FASHIONISTA, WHO LOVED MAINTAINING HER APPEARANCE AND LOOKING GOOD.

SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER LOVING AND PRECIOUS MEMORIES, HER HUSBAND MATTHEW; SEVEN BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, DIONTE' ALSTON, DEMARI MURPHY, SANTANA KINARD, SHILOH KINARD, SINCERE KINARD, SHIA KINARD AND SUAVEY KINARD; HER MOTHER, DEBRA S. SMITH (WILLIE), HER FATHER, LEONARD MURPHY; SISTERS, ANGEL SMITH, SHIKITA SOCKWELL AND TIFFANY RANDOLPH; BROTHERS, DARNELL SMITH, MAURICE SMITH, AARON SMITH AND ANTHONY MURPHY; AUNTS, TANYA ANDREWS (TIM), VANESSA JONES AND DARLENE MURPHY CROSSON; UNCLES TERRY ROBERTS (REGINA) AND EDWARD ROBERTS, JR. (ROSE) AND A HOST OF COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

TIREKIA WILL BE FOREVER LOVED AND TRULY MISSED.
SADLY SUBMITTED,

THE FAMILY

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Valley Funeral Home and Cremation Service

1609 Peters Creek Rd NW, Roanoke, VA 24017

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1609 Peters Creek Rd NW, Roanoke, VA 24017

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