God is Love. Those are three simple but remarkable words Tangelia Wallace "LaShaun" lived and served this world by as a mother, daughter, sister, wife, community activist, civic volunteer and so much more. And it is through God's unconditional and enduring love that LaShaun transitioned to her eternal home on August 18, 2020 after a brief illness.

A life of service, sacrifice, joy and unwavering love began when LaShaun was born in Chicago in 1972 and raised in Kosciusko by parents William "Stan" and Sara McKinney. LaShaun embraced her love of Christ at an early age attending Wesley United Methodist Church in Kosciusko while serving in youth ministry role. She graduated from Kosciusko High School in 1991 and initially attended the University of Southern Mississippi before ultimately completing her Bachelor of Science degree in Communications at the University of Phoenix. LaShun had recently resumed her studies to complete post-graduate certification courses in Digital Photography from Michigan State University.

It was LaShaun's love of faith, family and fitness that fueled her passion in life. She served as founder and director of Duffles4kids, a non-profit foundation that has raised awareness and distributed duffel bags filled with clothing and resources to thousands of foster and adoptive children in Florida and Tennessee since 2008. Since moving to Memphis in 2016, LaShaun has worked in membership or ambassador roles with the Junior League of Memphis, Memphis River Parks Partnership, the Orange Mound Community Center, Read2Achieve, Black Girls Run, Girltrek, the Memphis Runners Club and the Memphis Mom Blog. As a result of her community work, she was recently named the Junior League of Memphis 2020 Volunteer of the Year.

Her passion for community service and running led to LaShaun recently completing two half-marathons and winning dozens of medals in 5K/10K runs and walks throughout the world. The only thing LaShaun cherished more was supporting her children in their pursuits of music, education, science and sports. She combined her love of family and travel for a favorite pastime of hitting the road at a moment's notice with her husband and children to visit family and sites.

LaShaun is survive most immediately by her parents, Stan and Sara McKinney of Kosciusko, Mississippi; husband of 21 years, Michael; daughters, Kathy, Kourtney and Kelly; sons, Kori and Kevin; Stepchildren, Michael Jr. and Jasmine; brother, Dederick (Teresa) McKinney of Kosciusko, Mississippi; and grandmother, Bernice McKinney of Chicago, Illinois. She is also survived by a host of uncles, aunts, cousins and friends.

PLACE OF GRAVESIDE: PARKWAY CEMETERY, KOSCIUSKO, MS

DATE OF GRAVESIDE: Saturday 08/22/2020 at 11:00 a.m.

INTERMENT: Parkway Cemetery, Kosciusko, MS