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JACKSON, Miss.—Tara Gandy and her 24-year-old daughter, Joslin Napier, used to talk almost every morning. She remembers her daughter as a fun-spirited, beautiful woman who loved to experiment with fashion and makeup.
Napier, who lived with sickle cell disease, was also a proud and dedicated mother to a young son. “Her favorite saying was, ‘See you later beautiful’ or ‘Hello, beautiful.’ She would always let you know you are beautiful,” Gandy, speaking to a crowd gathered outside the Mississippi Museum of Art on the night of Oct. 28, 2025, remembered…