She also attended Lindsey Street Baptist Church (A Motley), Word of Faith Family Cathedral (Bishop Dale C. LaCona grew up in church beginning with her uncle Bishop James Lewis and First Lady Fannie Lewis of the Church of Christ Pentecostal. Though not perfect, she was genuine and gave her all in a loving manner to the best of her ability. LaCona grew up in the church and became a Christian at a young age.
She was working as a consultant with Foster Adopt Connect to diversify their staff. She gave toiletries to the homeless & items for the winter and ran numerous “back to school programs” where she gave school supplies and backpacks to the kids in the community. She partnered with several area organizations like, iMatter Experience, Giving Hope & Help, Dreams KC, and GEW (Global Entrepreneurship Week). She participated in a group called, Unexpected Smiles, where she sent random gifts to women in the group just to brighten their day. Janay, where she encouraged women to be their authentic selves no matter what that looked like. She began her podcast, Authentic Audacity and Ms. She launched KC Black Foster Families as an advocacy & educational program for black people who were fostering kids of color in the foster care system. With the leadership of her mentor, Catina Taylor, she began “Activate Your Evolution” – Girls Leadership & Empowerment Program this is where she hosted sessions for girls in the community and Hickman Mills School District. She began to hit the community running and helping in so many valuable ways. Her service to others did not stop there. Her first assignment was as an afterschool teacher for the Cobb County school system and GED Instructor. LaCona helped others in various ways through each season of her life. LaCona became a foster mother to several girls, Zion, Selena, Destiny, Amaria, Klye, Amayla, Nya, and Aburie. LaCona began writing and pursed a career in life coaching ultimately settling on Psychology. LaCona worked as a Certified Pharmacy Tech for several years before pursuing her purpose and passion of helping others live better lives. LaCona graduated from South Atlanta High School and matriculated at Albany State and Kennesaw State Universities. LaCona was educated in the Atlanta Public School System. Levetta remarried and LaCona was raised by James and Levetta Stegall. Levetta and LaCona relocated to Atlanta, Georgia in 1989. She was born on, September 13, 1981, in Kansas City, Missouri to Clifford Johnson and Levetta Grayson. Starting with the 2019 vintage, the CDC no longer calculates rates for a county when the death count is less than 20, marking them as "unreliable." FRED records these instances as missing observations in the series.įor more information see the Frequently Asked Questions about Death Rates.LaCona Janay Grayson, 40, transitioned from her earthly home to her heavenly home on, October 18, 2021, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. 75 years of age is the standard consideration of a premature death according to the CDC's definition of Years of Potential Life Loss.
Premature death rate includes all deaths where the deceased is younger than 75 years of age. However, you can select other standard populations, or select specific population criteria to determine the age distribution ratios.
Age-adjusted rates should be viewed as relative indexes rather than as direct or actual measures of mortality risk. An age-adjusted rate represents the rate that would have existed had the age-specific rates of the particular year prevailed in a population whose age distribution was the same as that of the fixed population. They are used to compare relative mortality risk among groups and over time. Rate per 100,000, Not Seasonally AdjustedĪge-adjusted death rates are weighted averages of the age-specific death rates, where the weights represent a fixed population by age.