Baby D. Wiley

WILEY, Baby DeKari D. - Age 1, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2010 at Hurley Medical Center. Funeral Service 11 a.m. Saturday, February 27, 2010 at Foss Avenue Baptist Church, 1159 E. Foss Ave., Pastor Reginald Flynn, D. Min., officiating. Family and friends will assemble at the church 11 a.m. Saturday. Baby Wiley will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd from 1-8 p.m. Friday. Baby DeKari D. Wiley was born October 10, 2008 in Flint, Michigan, the son of Nakia Wiley and DeShawn Barry. DeKari attended Sylvester Broome Center Day Care. He loved music and eating. DeKari started walking at nine months old. He was a jolly happy baby with a beautiful smile and dimples. Baby DeKari D. Wiley leaves to cherish his memories: mother, Nakia Wiley; father, DeShawn Barry; stepfather, Raymond Hall; grandparents, Brenda and Donald Wiley and Francine Wilson; great-grandmother, Madeline Wiley; 2 sisters, Paris Childs and Kearra Wiley; 2 brothers, Nicholas Childs and Devante Barry; 3 aunts, LaToria Wiley, Alycia Barry and Kiesha Jenkins; 2 uncles, Randall Fogle and Cedrick Macklin; 3 great-uncles, Shawn Kendricks, Darnell and Rodney Hickman; cousins, Kenny Jenkins, Delvin Butler, Darelle Farriss, Andre Barry, Jayden, Torrie, Phillip, Jr., Day-Day, Romell, Rashard and Rodney Hickman, Jr.; godmother, Tanya Williams; a host of other relatives and friends including special friends, Tanicka Burke, Keisha Patterson, KeAria James, Correne Burch, Denise Thompson, Odette Johnson, James and Rosalind Hollins, Terry and Ranell Fogle, Careese Macklin, Isabelle Taylor, Alvin Wiley, the Fuller family, Alice Moore and family, Denise Wiley and family. DeKari were preceded in death by his great-grandfathers, Matthew Kendricks and Larry Wilson; great-grandmother, Ruth Ann Hickman; and nephew, Karree Delaney. The family would like to express special thanks to Pastor Reginald (First Lady) Flynn and the Foss Avenue Baptist Church family, Mayor, Dayne Walling, Kenyatta Dodson and Church Without Walls family, my co-workers and the entire community.