Kierra (Kee-Kee) Da’Ja-nee Blakely was born on February 27, 1994, to Kendra Leonard and Kenneth Blakely, II. Kierra departed this life on July 10, 2026.

Kee-Kee graduated from Austin East High School, class of 2013, where she played volleyball, track and field. As a young child she played little league basketball for Parks and Recreations. She attended TSU and Tennessee College of Applied Technology where she received a certificate as a dental assistant.

Kee-Kee was a member of Foster Chapel Baptist Church, she also attended McDonald Dr. Church of Christ.

Kee-Kee was the life of the party at her family’s gatherings. Everyone who knew her knew she was funny, always willing to give a helping hand to others and she loved children. She considered that everyone was her cousin.

Kee-Kee had a heart transplant in September 2025. It was a successful operation. She stayed at Vanderbilt hospital for 4 months before returning home to Knoxville. She was doing very well, but on July 10, 2026, the Lord came, picked the prettiest flower and took her home to rest.

Her time with us was a beautiful gift.

She was preceded in death by Grandparents, Joe & Mildred Leonard; Great Grandparents, Verneda & Robert Kirkwood, Aunts, Sara Hensley and Ella Cox; Uncles, Tony Blakely, Kevin Sumpter, Beau Marvin Blakely and James E. Kirkwood, Best Friend; Jessie Roberts.

Kee-Kee leaves to cherish her precious memories: Loving Parents; Mother; Kendra Leonard, and Father; Kenneth (Terri) Blakely II, Brothers; Orlando Blair Sr., Cameron (Anna Bell) Blakely, Step Brother; Kenny Marsh, Grandparents; Joyce & Nate Sumpter, Kenneth (Valencia) Blakely, Great-Grandmother; Dorothy Blakely, Step Grandmother; Joyce Porterfield, Nieces; Makiah and Oriana Blair, Nephews; Orlando Jr., Ortes Blair, Aunts; Andrea Leonard, Doris and Glenda Blakely, Juanita Costner, Virginia Fletcher, Rosemond Leonard, Unitha Clark, Debra Kirkwood, Dorothy Knox, and Peggy Catron, Uncles; Marvin, Hoarce (Valerie) Blakely, Kenneth (Philander) Oglesby and Earl Jones, Devoted Cousin/Sister; Ke’Andra Lundy, Cousins; Keilyn Smith, Christopher, Justin and Kevin Kirkwood, The Hensley Family, The Cotner Family, The Cox Family, The Sumpter Family, The Leonard Family, The Blakely Family, The Williams Family, The Nolan Family, and The Carey Family, LaKisha (Shannon Miller) Knight, Greta & Scotty Rice and Family, Angelia Harris and Family, Ayisha Hall and many other cousins too numerous to name.

Best Friends; Essence Evans, Denisha Williams, April Nolan, Marena Clark and Keyahra Bullard, Special Friend; Jordan Pelcher, God Son; Princeton Roberts, God Daughter; Akhari Blair, God Mother; Sonya Kyle, God Sisters; Je’Ana Blair, Ra’Shaka Miller, and Shervaria Garr, God Brother; Ronald Williams Jr., Special Family Friends; Charlene Roberts and family, Teree Cruthers and Family, the Dennard Family, the King Family, the Jones Family, the Young-Moore Family, the Watson Family, the Bussell Family, and the Dotson Family. Devoted Church Families; McDonald Dr. Church of Christ, CEC Church, and Foster Chapel Baptist Church.