Laverick Reezy Marshall

Laverick “Reezy” Marshall was a young man from Chicago whose life was rooted in the neighborhoods of the South Side. Public records and reporting identify him by name and age: he was 21 when he died on August 25, 2010. Though the public record about his personal life is limited, the available accounts show he was part of the Woodlawn community, where friends and neighbors remember everyday ties — the small, human connections that shape a life.

Those who knew Laverick would likely recall him first as a son, a friend, and a neighbor — roles that do not always make the news but are where a person’s daily meaning is found. Community-focused projects that later documented Chicago’s 2010 losses included Laverick among young people whose deaths left families and neighbors grieving and asking for safer streets. These remembrances emphasize that each name was a real person with people who cared for him.

The sparse public record should not be read as a measure of his worth. Even when details in newspapers and online memorials are brief, they stand for a life lived among others: friends who shared time with him, family members who mourned, and neighbors in Woodlawn who felt the absence after his death. For many in the community, Laverick’s passing was a reminder of the fragile promise of youth and the value of every life in a neighborhood.

This page honors Laverick by acknowledging him as more than a line in a report. Where public records permit, we preserve his name, the date of his death, and the fact that he was a young man from Chicago whose loss was felt by family and community. If you have memories, photographs, or family-authorized remembrances you would like to share to enrich this memorial, those contributions can help bring more of Laverick’s life into view for others who wish to remember him with dignity.