The girlfriend of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher was laid to rest yesterday.
Kassandra Perkins, a 22-year-old Texas native, was honored at a ceremony in Blue Ridge, TX, right outside of Dallas. Family and friends gathered and remembered Perkins as one who brought nothing but joy.
Kasandra Perkins’ great-uncle Ted Downing also told mourners at a funeral service that the 22-year-old Perkins loved her family and considered her 3-month-old daughter, Zoey, to be the love of her life.
“She had a deep, deep understanding about the important things in life,” Downing said during a memorial at a rural North Texas church five days after Belcher killed Perkins then shot himself in the head.
A white casket bedecked with a spray of white lilies and pink roses was the mourners’ focal point at Ridgeview Family Fellowship in Blue Ridge, about 40 miles northeast of Dallas.
“It’s a very tragic circumstance, a tragic situation,” pastor Steve Sweeney told mourners.
He offered a prayer for God to bring healing to both her family and Belcher’s family. He also prayed for strength for Perkins’ infant daughter, Zoey, who was at the service.
Zoey is eligible to receive $1 million from the NFL. She’s currently in the care of Belcher’s mother.
Prayers go out for both families.
