Four family members die in tragic house fire, fundraiser
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – On April 6th, a house fire claimed the lives of four Shreveport residents. A surviving mother is grieving the loss and asking for love and support from the community.
'She was telling me about how my wedding dress and my bouquet had came in. Basically, the last things that she was saying was, she was kind of going through the stuff that I had for the wedding and everything, before I clocked in for 6 am.'
This was the last conversation Shereka Garner-Moore had with her mother before a fatal fire in the 2400 block of Kemp Lane claimed the lives of four people. 30 minutes into her work shift, Shereka Garner-Moore's oldest daughter gave her a call.
'She was yelling that the house was on fire. And I heard that my mom was in the back, trying to get the kids and stuff together,' said Shereka Garner-Moore.
Garner-Moore lost her mother, 56-year-old Eureka Garner, her grandmother, 84-year-old Mildred Carter, and her youngest daughter, five-year-old Ne-Vaeh Garner.
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Garner-Moore's oldest daughter, eight-year-old Tayona Te'Neese Robinson died on April 11, after being on life support for five days.
'I thank the doctors, the council people, I thank my church family in everything that they have done for me in this tough time. I thank close friends and God, first and foremost, just for carrying me through this tough time with losing all four at the same time,' said Garner-Moore.
The home that was lost belonged to Garner-Moore's grandmother. It became the family home.
'I raised both my kids in that house, as well as my mother's house, but majority at my grandmother's house. Me and my brother were raised in that house. My grandmother's house was the family house. So that's where she had all family get-togethers, holidays, anything, that was the meet-up at my grandmother's house,' said Garner-Moore.
She says the pictures, family videos, and memories were in the main room where the fire took place.
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Garner-Moore's phone call with her mother before the fatal fire was about her wedding day.Garner-Moore was married on April 24th.
As she works to move forward surrounded by new love, she holds onto the memories of those she lost.
'I have to see it as a way that they're all together and just, I would rather see it as them being on a long vacation. Out, you know, out and about with you know, grandmother, great grandmother, grandkids and just having a little trip together, so that's the best way I could, you know, kind of think about it right now,' said Garner-Moore.
Donations can be made to Community Bank under the account name 'The Garner Fire Victims Memorial Fund' or to Good Samaritan Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 26, at 1 p.m. at Lake Bethlehem Baptist Church. Funeral services for 84-year-old Mildred Carter will be on May 3rd at Harvest Temple Church of God in Christ.
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