LaResa Lynnette Hawkins Autry was born in Dallas, Texas on the 17th day of January 1970 to the parentage of Sanderian Ray and Sandra Kay Hawkins. She accepted Christ into her life and faithfully worshipped as one of the founding members of Trinity Christian Worship, Mesquite, Texas. LaResa met and wed Roderick Autry and bore two children. She worked for J. C. Penney corporate offices in Plano, Texas until her health failed. With a beautiful spirit, the glamorous LaResa lived life to the fullest and was loving, caring, and giving of others. She was loved by the whole family and countless friends and will be sorely missed by all. LaResa was preceded in death by her mother, Sandra Kay Hawkins, her paternal grandmother and great-grandmother, Leola Walker and Lorena Flowers.