Jabari Shaka Burkes

Jabari Shaka Burkes, 28 passed away on May 13, 2024. He was born to the late Billy Cottrell Burkes and Carla Howard on September 30, 1995, in Evansville, IN. After graduating from AIS High School, he attended Ivy Tech Community College. He was a cashier at Chuckles Convenience Store and Gas Station. 

Jabari loved music and was a rapper performing under the name “Young Savage Ent Bari”.  He was an entrepreneur, speaker, and writer with many more life plans.  He will be missed by his family and all who knew him.

Jabari was preceded in death by his father, Billy Cottrell Burkes; brother, Lamar E. Givens; grandparents Cora Bell and Rev. Willie Lee Burkes, Bruce A. Howard, Sr.; great grandmothers, Mary E. Carter, Dora J. Howard-Merriweather; great grandfather, Wilbert Shelby, Sr.

Jabari leaves to cherish his memory. mother, Carla R. Howard Irvine (Samuel, Jr.), brothers, Cartez O’Neal, Carnelius Lane, Ka’Tyun Marsh; sister, Lamysha Howard; grandmother, Mary E. Garrett; aunts, Minnie A Carter, Yemiko Howard; uncles, Bruce Howard, Jr., Toriano Pendleton; nieces, Nilaka Dulin, Lilly Holland, KaMya Skelton; nephews, Kaden Bartolotto, Kendall Skelton; great uncles, David Carter, Ralph Carter, Jessie Merriweather, Terry Merriweather; great aunts, Vicky Groves Howard, Stacy Merriweather, Latonia Howard Merriweather; godfather, George Thomas; godson, Liam Carter; best friend, Davonte Carter.