(Editor’s note: This story is an updated version of one that ran last week. The nature of the service has been changed from a memorial service to a funeral service. The location, New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Worship and Family Life Center, remains the same. There will be a viewing from 9-10 a.m. at the church, followed by the closed-casket funeral service at 10 a.m.)<\/i><\/p>\n
The Kentridge High School community will have a chance to say goodbye to one of its own tomorrow.<\/p>\n
A memorial service has been scheduled for Devin Topps<\/a>, the former Kentridge athletic standout<\/a> who died Oct. 31 after gunfire outside a house party in Kent. The service will take place 10 a.m. Nov. 11 at the New Beginnings Christian Fellowship Worship and Family Life Center, 19300 108th Ave. S.E., Kent.<\/p>\n David Ankcorn, executive minister of the church, said they are expecting full capacity at the service – about 1,000 people. As Nov. 11 is Veterans Day and school is closed, Ankcorn said they are expecting several hundred students to attend.<\/p>\n Delivering the eulogy will be an aunt of Topps. Ankcorn explained she is a pastor, and will be traveling up from Texas to participate the service. The church’s own pastor, Dr. Leslie D. Braxton, will be officiating.<\/p>\n Ankcorn described the event as a memorial service and worship service.<\/p>\n