Ms. Quanyea Javonne "Yea" Gatling

May 8, 2000 - April 10, 2019

Ms. Quanyea J. "Yea" Gatling, 18, passed way to her heavenly home on Wednesday April 10, 2019. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 27, 2019 at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 270 Whispering Pines Rd., Washington, North Carolina. Quanyea Javonne Gatling “Yea” To most, departed this life on April 10, 2019. A blessing from God born to Jeffrey and Angela Gatling on May 8, 2000. Quanyea lived with a smile on her face and song in her heart. she was affectionately known to her father as, “Big Baby”. Quanyea graduated from Washington High School in 2018. She enrolled in Pitt Community College to further her education in Health Science, where she was pursuing a nursing degree. She had a passion to help others. Quanyea was a member of two churches, Rising Star Christian Church in Newport News, VA and St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Washington, NC. She loved praising God and singing to the glory of God. Quanyea became an aunt at the age of 2. She grew into that role. Quanyea had a special bond with twin nephews, Quincy and Quentin, who they called Auntie Yea Yea. Words cannot express how much we will miss her. Quanyea is survived by her parents Jeffrey and Angela Gatling, four sisters, Quenequa, Tisa, Anika and Elizabeth; two cousins-like brothers, Devin and Dominique Kelley; three special aunts, Rosa Lyons, Niecey Holloman and Brenda Kelley; grandfather, Columbus Harris; her god-given grandparents, Melvin and Lena Boyd; five uncles, James Gatling, Anthony Harris, Timothy Cooper, David Strickland and Lavone Toombs; three nieces, four nephews, two great-great-aunts, two special friends, Lillian Worsley and Avaya Cassity and a host of other family and friends.