A Krystal Birdsong Remembrance

September 28th, 2008 by Leonard Birdsong


A Funeral Mass was held  on Saturday, September 27, 2008, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Orlando for Birdsong’s daughter, Krystal.   Birdsong and his family wish to thank all of the students, friends and colleagues who attended the service and/or sent flowers or other expressions of sympathy, including food for our family at our time of grief.

 

For those who were unable to attend the service, Birdsong has included herewith the Remembrance of Krystal,  read by our priest at the service:

 

REMEMBRANCE

 

            Krystal Shara Birdsong was born on September 25, 1982, in Washington, D.C.from the union of Leonard Birdsong and Senayte Bezabih.  She began her schooling at Frau Erbe’s Kindergarten in Hamburg, Germany where her parents were stationed with the U.S. State Department.  She then attended Hamburg’s International School. During her parents’ next assignment, she attended the St. Andrew School in Nassau, Bahamas. After her parents returned to the United States, Krystal graduated from the Chevy Chase Elementary School and in 2000, graduated from Watkins Mill High School in Montgomery County, Maryland.

A Barry University Message Regarding Birdsong's Daughter Krystal

September 26th, 2008 by Leonard Birdsong


A number of  Barry law students wish to know more about Birdsong’s daughter Krystal who passed away on September 20, 2008.  Below is a link to the Barry University online story about Krystal containing her photograph:

http://bucwis.barry.edu/news/4442_3133393738.htm

 

It is with profound sadness that we notify the Barry community that we have lost one of our own. Krystal Birdsong, a May 2008 graduate from the College of Arts & Sciences, current graduate student in the School of Social Work, and daughter of Leonard Birdsong, Associate Professor at Barry’s Law School, passed away Friday, Sept. 19. She was 25 years old.