Waffle House shooting victim DeEbony Groves' memory still lives on. 

On Saturday, May 5, Groves would have walked across the stage with her brother, Di’Angelo Groves, to receive their diplomas.

But the 21-year-old Belmont University student's life was cut short by shooter Travis Reinking, 29, who opened fire in the restaurant's Antioch, Tennessee, location in the early hours of April 22. Her mother, Shiri Baker, escorted Di'Angelo in her stead, proudly accepting DeEbony's degree on her daughter’s behalf.  

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Reinking entered the Waffle House with an AR-15 assault rifle killing four people and wounding four others. The heroic action of 29-year-old father James Shaw Jr stopped the carnage. He disarmed and chased the shooter from the restaurant. 

Shaw created a GoFundMe campaign that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help victims' families. 

Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer revealed that DeEbony and her friend 23-year-old Akilah DaSilva were singing gospel songs prior to the shooting. 

"And [they] spoke of your daughter and her friend and said they were singing gospel songs. And everybody was singing and enjoying each other and she said, 'The last thing I remember her saying was, singing 'Jesus Loves Me,'" Ehmer said during DeEbony's funeral last month. 

DeEbony would have graduated with a degree in social work. Belmont University renamed a scholarship to honor her memory as a kind and gentle spirit. "The DeEbony Groves Social Work Diversity Endowed Scholarship will inspire and create opportunities for other Belmont students who, like DeEbony, committed their lives to helping and brightening the lives of others," the website reads.

“DeEbony was proud to be a social work major and was looking forward to changing the world as a professional social worker,” the university said. “Her legacy will live on through this special scholarship that will provide financial support and encouragement to generations of social work majors at Belmont University.”