PHOTO GALLERY: Fundraiser held to raise money to buy headstone for Leanna Myers' grave

June 9, 2012 | 7:48 p.m. CDT

Family and friends gathered at Stephens Lake Park on Saturday to raise money to buy a headstone for Leanna Myers' grave. Myers was killed in 2000 when she was 17, leaving behind a 2-month-old daughter, Lea-johna.

Lea-Johna Sanders, 12, sits in the shade with family and friends Saturday during an event to raise money for her mother's headstone. Lea-Johna never really knew her mother because she was only 2 months old when Leanna Myers was killed. Lea-Johna wears a T-shirt decorated in her mother's memory. | Carrie Durkee

Lea-Johna Sanders, 12, and Betty Myers, her great-grandmother, stay cooler in the shade and socialize during the fundraising event for Leanna Myers on Saturday at Stephens Lake Park. Lea-Johna was 2 months old when her mother was killed in 2000. | Carrie Durkee

John "Babe" Martin, left, prepares to sing at a fundraiser Saturday to raise money for Leanna D. Myers' headstone. James Garth helps by adjusting an umbrella in preparation for the performance during the midday heat. Martin is Lea-Johna Sanders' grandfather. | Carrie Durkee

Leshayla Turner walks away from a collection of photographs of Leanna D. Myers after spending time looking at them on Saturday at Stephens Lake Park. Turner is a close friend of Amber Myers, Leanna Myers' sister. | Carrie Durkee

Milli Moses prepares the cake during a fundraising event in honor of Leanna D. Myers on Saturday at Stephens Lake Park. Moses is a neighbor and good family friend to the Myers family. She came up with the idea to have a fundraiser to raise enough money to buy a headstone for Leanna Myers' grave. | Carrie Durkee