Rachel was an amazing person all around, she was always so happy and bubbly and so dang sassy!! She moved across the street from me in cowarts 3 years ago and I can never be so thankful that they did. I’m so glad I was able to meet Rachel and thankful she came into my life. She became one of my bestest friends ever and me and her spent almost everyday together. We would share our stories together, give each other advice and so many laughs were shared together. There was never a time she was not there for me. She always showed up and was always there, if you were in a bad mood she would always make you feel 100% better. Even just seeing her face you immediately didn’t feel bad anymore. Her smile and laugh were so contagious. She lit up a room. I was the one who got her , her job at Xtreme Air trampoline park bc I worked there at the time and she wanted to work with me so bad, so I got her that job and she met so many people there that she impacted. In my opinion, she was one of the best workers there bc she always had a smile on her face and always played with the kids. She would always come up there when I was working and she wasn’t and just come to see me and hangout with me. But, one thing I will never forget is the time she was so scared and so nervous for her first day at Wallace. I was the one who helped her set up her schedule at Wallace bc she knew I had been there for a while. And I will never forget the day she sent me videos on Snapchat of how nervous she was going in and how she was scared she wasn’t going to see anyone she knew. And I gave her so much advice and told her not to worry, that everyone feels like that on their first day and that she may feel like she will not see anyone she knows but once she got in there she would see people she would know, or make friends with her classmates. And what did she do? Make friends with people in her classroom bc that’s the type of person she was. She never met a stranger. She always made friends with anyone. Rachel will never be forgotten and her memories will never fade. She was the most amazing person I had ever met. And I love and miss Rachel so much!!! I hope she’s dancing with the angels up there and having the time of her life especially with all the doggies!!

One night while at a football game in Abbeville, Lexi and Rachel were pee wee cheerleaders.  A lightning storm came up and everyone evacuated. Rachel came home with us.  While riding down the road I said- "What's that smell".  Rachel said, " Well, Ms. Tenille, I did take my shoes off" and giggled.  She said' "you want me to throw them out the window?".  I said- NO Rachel- Don't throw your shoes out the window, your mom will beat us both.