MalikJacquez Keith Obituary (1998 - 2024)

Malik Jacquez Keith was born on January 10, 1998, in Marshall, Missouri, to Kellie Abney and Marquin Keith. He was the youngest of three boys, Isiah and Elijah Keith, and two girls, Sahara and Mahogany Keith. Malik and his family moved to Kansas in February 2000, where he attended Sheldon Head Start School for the first two years of his schooling, Avondale East Elementary from kindergarten through fifth grade, Jardine Middle School from sixth through eighth grade, and Highland Park High School for four years. Malik graduated from HPHS in the summer of 2016 and attended Coffeyville Community College for one year that following fall. Malik was blessed with a talent for basketball, he absolutely loved playing basketball. He played on the basketball teams for Jardine Middle School, Highland Park High School, and Coffeyville Community College. He also participated in the Sunflower State Games as well, every year, playing alongside a bunch of his friends. One of his most memorable times when Malik was younger was playing for a team called OYC (Overcoming Your Circumstances), coached by Tim Barber. Malik was blessed with a lovely daughter, London Keith, whom he truly loved and would do anything for. Malik was an excellent father who cherished spending time with her and enjoyed taking her out for ice cream at Baskin-Robbins. Malik was preceded in death by his uncle, Joseph Kenneth Ray Abney; his paternal grandmother, Christine Laney, from Marshall, Missouri; his maternal and paternal great-grandparents and his best friend, Reggie McKinney, from Topeka, Kansas. Left to cherish his memory are his daughter, London Keith, and the mother of his child, Brynn Booker; mother, Kellie Abney; fathers, Robert Cage and Marquin Keith; sisters, Sahara Keith and Mahogany Keith; brothers, Isiah Keith, Elijah Keith, and Robert Cage; uncles, Jason Abney, Demill Davis and Leandra Davis; nieces, Maleea Keith, Mor'Ray Terry, Jha'Riyah Fisher, Sabre' Terry, A'vionna Terry, Jha'Kirah Fisher, and Israel Keith; nephews, Ky'zhaun Terry and Jha'Heim Fisher; along with a host of other siblings, relatives, and friends who loved and cherished him dearly.