Band of brothers: Mother starts mentoring group for late son’s friends
Tameka Talley hugs one of her son's friends, Jordan Butler, during a visit on Aug. 22. Talley’s son, Jaylan Sumerall, was shot to death during a robbery in 2018. He was 19. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Tameka Talley shows framed baby pictures of her son, Jaylan Sumerall, who was slain in 2018 during a botched robbery. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Tevin Walker, 21, listens as Tameka Talley recounts the night his childhood friend and her son, Jaylan Sumerall, was killed during an attempted robbery in 2018. “We all lost ourselves for a minute,” Walker said of Jaylan’s death. “She got us back to ourselves.” (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Tameka Talley wears a shirt with pictures of her son on it. Jaylan Sumerall was killed in 2018. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Tameka Talley lost her son, Jaylan Sumerall, to gun violence two years ago. Afterward, she said she knew she had to find a way carry on – for herself and for the band of brothers he left behind. She formed the mentoring group The Hunnid Grand for his closest friends. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
After her son was shot and killed during a robbery outside his family’s apartment complex in 2018, Tameka Talley started a mentoring group for his friends.
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Homicides Memphis Tameka Talley Jaylan Sumerall hunnid grandYolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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