700 gather to remember Phylicia Barnes

• Share on Facebook
• Share on Twitter
• Share via Email
• Copy Link

  Link Copied

From Charlotte Observer

More than 700 people gathered at a Union County church Thursday to remember Phylicia Barnes, the 16-year-old honor student whose body was pulled from a Maryland river nearly four months after she vanished while visiting a stepsister in Baltimore.

Speakers recalled an ordinary teen with an infectious smile who loved to shop, laugh with friends and play her music loud. She was a senior at Union Academy.

Some spoke of the hurt and dismay of losing a friend, a classmate, a sister, a daughter – a life cut short leaving unanswered questions…

Continued at Charlotte Observer