Eighteen-year-old Delisia Brown couldn't wait to go to the prom next month.
The Lane Tech College Prep senior had a date, and her cousin was making her a purple dress.
But a friend of Brown's was still looking for a dress, so the two went shopping Friday.
It was on their way back home from that shopping trip that Brown was struck and killed by a semi-truck that rammed into the Cermak/Chinatown L station Friday afternoon. The friend, identified only as Nicole, was seriously injured, Brown's relatives said.
She worked part-time at a gift shop in the Loop. But she always found time to do her schoolwork, and was a straight-A student, her family said.
After her June 6 graduation, Brown was planning to go to either South Carolina State University or Purdue University, to major in psychology, her younger sister NaKeisha Brown said.
On Saturday, dozens of friends and relatives gathered at the Marquette Park home Brown shared with her parents and younger sister to remember "Lee," as she was called by those who knew her best.
Tunlisha Tobar, the cousin who was making Brown's prom dress, said Brown never got to try it on.
"I thought I would have been seeing her this weekend for a fitting," Tobar said. Now it's a dress "nobody's going to wear," she said.
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"Lee"
A time of love is when this person was brought to our world
Your peer, daughter, niece, sister or your favorite girl
Compared to pearls; this child of God was priceless
A rambunctious ora paired with a soul that's righteous
Her niceness and exuberant behavior always left a trail of smiles
Friends would wait awhile; just to spend time with this amazing child
Amazing how; one life could affect so many
But if you knew the person they called LeeLee you'd feel the same way with me
She really exhumed all and every trait that would make someone great
She consumed all on her plate all the while a smile on her face
Her place remembered forever; and she'd be that face you'd know
I think we can all still hear her saying; . . . L T Go
A compelling show in herself; she was never scared of truth
And if life reared its ugly head; she sought the truth in her Spook
On solid ground like roots as she lived life by the books
A fork in the road and it was the 'right' path that she took
So we step ahead and stand strong while all is able
As our souls connect with the skies and the rise of a fallen angel
A precious angel a perfect label as we all struggle to find a clue
LeeLee baby; pick up the phone; it is God that is calling you
R.I.P. Delisia Brown
2/06/90-4/25/08
We Love You Girl
Feed it back y'all
-!$Chicago$!
