A program for Brandoniya Bennett's funeral commemorated the short revolution of her life's day, ending not even a decade after it dawned."Sunrise: May, 25, 2010"Sunset: Aug. 14, 2019."In a packed church in West Dallas, those gathered to remember the 9-year-old tried to celebrate her short life for its beauty. But the sorrow, too, broke through often."I will never forget the day I heard your heartbeat," Brandoniya's mother, Sontravia Elder, wrote in the program. "You're my everything, always have been, always will be."Brandoniya died Aug. 14 when police say a Dallas man who'd been feuding with a fellow rapper shot into the wrong apartment in Old East Dallas, killing her as she sat on the couch watching TV. Continue reading...
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