Layla Nichole Williams was born November 16, 2006, to Lekisha Gary and Robert Williams in Toledo, Ohio. Layla was an eighth grade student at Arlington Elementary. She attended First Church Of God Church with her grandmother.
To know Layla was to love her, her presence would easily light up a room. When you met her, you were no longer a stranger because she welcomed you like family. Layla’s cheerful disposition was infectious; she meant so much to so many. This was exemplified by her seven hundred plus social media followers. Her dad called her Layla Boo and she knew and lived the part by allowing him to spoil her and her sisters. Layla loved to dance and sing with her sister, June and cousin, Mari. Her favorite pastimes were to make videos, go skating, design shoes, and boss her dad.
Preceding Layla in death were her great-grandparents, June Williams, and John Finn.
Her memory is forever cherished by her dad Robert Williams, and mom Lekisha Gary; sisters Tajeeanna Williams (Fort Worth, Texas), and June Williams; brothers Courtney Dotson, and Kallin Gary; grandparents, Felecia Williams-Finn, Tanya Lynn Gary, Robert James Mccloud, Jr, and Leonard Jenkins; great-grandparents, Robert James Mccloud, Sr. (Gloria), Mary Boykin, and Geneva Kinnebrew. Layla had many friends, but her closest buddies were Danayja Wright, Ashton Peacock, and Sanei Walker.
We would like to thank Cleveland Clinic Hospital for rendering such outstanding care to our baby. Special thanks to cousin Eric 'Pieder' Finn, Jr., aunts Takiyah Simmons, Pam Harper, Gheinar Finn and Robin ‘Trina’ Gaines for their love, support, and encouragement during this time.