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Teen's funeral sparks pledge

By: Evan Axelbank
Updated: February 26, 2008
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P-COLEYFUNERAL2008-02-26-1204040312.jpgIt was the service's final moment, but for many, it's the lasting one. "I'll probably remember it forever," said Thyshea Bullock, a friend of Brent Coley's. The young were called to the front, just a few feet from Brent Coley's casket, and were asked to make a vow. A vow to turn away from the violence that took Brent's life, and to turn towards Jesus. "To see all those young people turn their life over to God, that's the justice right there," said Chris Nicholson, a cousin of Coley's. And in the context of an entire service, of more than two and a half hours of preaching against violence, the final moment was enough for those taking the pledge to look in the mirror and decide to change. "I'm going to remember it, because it made me reevaluate my own life. I have a daughter of my own, and it made me think about a lot of stuff," Nicholson said. "I think it was good that the young ones went up to the casket and offered to give their lives to God, because I don't know if he gave his life to God, but it was the right thing to do it because we're all brothers and sisters and we shouldn't be killing each other, we should all be making peace," said Patricia Bonds, a friend of Coley's. Indeed the preachers said, that too many young people are getting caught up in a race to nowhere, a life of coveting the wrong things. For some, the point hit its mark. "This shouldn't be going on, because we're all killing each other and we're all kids, like why would we do this? We're brothers and sisters and like little kids, we're not even 18 yet, it's just hurting me," said

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