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Debra Tweedy Obituary

TWEEDY, DEBRA MAKAYLA

My Little Butterfly
Fly my little butterfly
Spread your wings
and fly to the sky
Where you may rest in peace my little butterfly
Hearts will ache and tears will fall, we shall just have to wait till the day we reunite my little butterfly...

Debra Makayla Tweedy, passed on July 29, 2007. She is survived and missed by her parents, Chet and Tiffany Tweedy Jr.; brother, Chet Tweedy III; grandparents, Bessie Tweedy and Robert McCartney, Chet Tweedy Sr. and Nora Tweedy, Denise Payton and George Strickland. She is missed as well by her great grandparents Chester and Brenda Tweedy, Lois Neeley, Jeannette and Frenchie Fortin and Margie Strickland. Debra is also dearly missed by many uncles, aunts and cousins and by her special aunt, Dawn Ping for all the love and care she provided helping nana with Makayla. The family will receive friends at the Baldwin Fairchild Apopka Chapel on Thursday from 12-2PM, with a Funeral Service beginning at 2PM. In lieu of flowers, the Tweedy family has asked that donations be made to Florida Hospital in honor of Makayla. The Pediatric Progressive Care & Oncology Unit at Florida Children's Hospital was like her second home, and Makayla's doctors, nurses, and Child Life specialists became like family. Please mail gifts in Makayla's honor to: Florida Hospital Foundation, 2809 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32804. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home Apopka, 601 N. Park Avenue, Apopka, FL. 32712, 407-886-1461.

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Published by Orlando Sentinel on Aug. 1, 2007.

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BEAU HAVILL

August 2, 2007

SHE WILL BE MISSED BY ALL AND LOVED BY MANY SHE IS IN THE HEAVENS SMILEN DOWN UPON US ALL , SAYING WE ARE IN A BETTER PLACE WHENEVER WE COME TO BE WITH GOD . NO PAIN AND NO SORROW JUST REMEMBER THE SMILES . GOD BLESS YOU ALL ..

Dianna Lawson

August 1, 2007

My prayers are with her Mommy and Daddy. She is a little Angel now, looking over them. With Love to the family.

Cecil and Lee Roberts

August 1, 2007

Our thoughts and prayers are with her family during this time, we are sending our love.

Dena Ferrell

August 1, 2007

My prayers are with her family. She will be deeply missed by our family.

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