India Treana Starks

India Treana Starks, the daughter of Mr. and Dr. Michael (Phyllis) Medley, Mr. and Mrs. Lee (April) Starks, Jr., Mrs. Francine Elaine Gaines and Mr. Sherman Petterson was born on April 29, 1987 in Austin, Texas. She departed this life on May 29, 2025 at Flowers Hospital. She will always be remembered by her smile, her wit, her personality, her ability to connect with people and the way she loved you. It didn't matter whether you were family, a friend, or a stranger, she would go out of her way to help you. That is just how India was set up. If you needed her, she would always navigate or network to make things change for the better. Life is a journey and India's started with so many people loving her. She will be truly missed.

India was a lifetime member of Parks Chapel A. M. E. Church, Dothan, Alabama. While at Parks Chapel she was a member of the Youth Choir, Jr. Usher Board, Jr. Stewardess Board, and participated in the Young People's and Children's Division. India completed her education in the Dothan City School System, graduating from Dothan High School's class of 2005. She continued her education at Auburn University and Troy University. India completed the Ophthalmic Assistant Program in 2011. She was an entrepreneur, starting her own gift basket business. She loved making gift baskets for all occasions for family, friends, and new clients who became her friends. It seems like she knew EVERYBODY!!

India was blessed to have four beautiful children whom she loved dearly, Kenley, Olivia, Maddox and Hayden. They enjoyed parties, barbecues, trips to the beach and the lake, amusement parks, they did it all. She put her stamp on their lives and they will be marked with her love forever. India loved her family very very much! She made a lasting impression on all of us. India was preceded in death by her grandparents Mrs. Ilean Ramsey (Nana), Mr. George D. Ramsey, (Granddaddy George), Mr. Charles Medley (Granddaddy Charles), Ms. Irene Medley (Grandma Irene) and Mr. Lee Starks, Sr. (Grandpa Lee); aunts and uncles Darlyne Williams, Rickey Williams, Irelan Dewitt Ramsey, Mary Kelley, Evelyn Kelley, and Cary Kelley.

India leaves to cherish her memories her parents, Michael and Phyllis Medley, Lee and April Starks, Jr., Francine Gaines and Sherman Petterson; children Kenley Addison Turner, Oliva Addilyn Turner, Maddox Gage Turner and Hayden Grace Turner, brothers Noah Medley of Dothan Alabama, Duron Martin of Indianapolis, IN, Damon Martin of Memphis, TN, and Denzel (Rebecca) Starks of San Francisco, CA; grandmother, Patricia Starks; aunts Sonda Rogers of Ozark, AL, Karen Starks and Margaret Starks; uncles Charles (Marquita) Medley, Dothan, AL and Victor Medley of Ozark, AL; great-aunt Alice (Fred) McNealey, special cousins she grew up with Brandon (Sha) Williams of Smith Station, AL, Deondre' (Raeven) Lowe and Brandi Williams all of Atlanta, GA, and Shelisa Reeves of Dothan, AL, and a host of other relatives and friends.

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