Mourners on a stepped level leading to a balcony stand in praise during a prayer led by Pastor Yolette Fabre at a funeral for four family members who died when their SUV plunged into a Deerfield Beach lake. Friends and family mourned Nadege Theodore, 37; her 15-year-old daughter Lyne Theodore; her 16-year-old nephew Guivens Daverman; and her 20-year-old step-sister Standalie Jean-Baptiste during a three-hour funeral at First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
Gregory Jean-Baptiste lovingly recalls his daughter, Standalie Jean-Baptiste, 20, at a funeral for Jean-Baptiste and three other family members who died in early January 2013. The funeral was at First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
The Unified in Christ Dancers, of the Christian Life Restoration Center in Lauderhill, perform a dance in homage to four of their fellow church-goers who died in early January. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
Supported by family members, Cakmand Daverman, center, looks toward his son's, Guivens Daverman, casket during the funeral at First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale. Daverman spoke approximately 15 minutes about his son, whom he called "my best friend." Three other family members were mourned also -- Nadege Theodore, 37; her 15-year-old daughter Lyne Theodore; and her 20-year-old step-sister Standalie Jean-Baptiste. All died as a result of their SUV plunging into a Deerfield Beach lake after the SUV was involved in an accident on Interstate-95. Guivens, Nadege Theodore's nephew, was 16. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
Mourners file past the caskets of four family members at the funeral. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
Jamal Capobianco, 15, carries flowers to a van after a funeral for four family members who died when their car plunged into a Deerfield Beach lake. Jamal is a sophomore at Blanche Ely Senior High School and knew Guivens and Lyne, both students at the school. Two dozen classmates of the teens who died helped out at the funeral, as pall-bearers and transporting flowers from the church into vans. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
Casket-bearers somberly carry Lyne Theodore's casket to a hearse after the 15-year-old's funeral. First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale was filled with friends and family who came to mourn Nadege Theodore, 37; Lyne, her daughter; her 16-year-old nephew Guivens Daverman; and her 20-year-old step-sister Standalie Jean-Baptiste during a three-hour funeral. The family members died as a result of their SUV plunging into a canal after the SUV was in an accident on Interstate-95. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
Blanche Ely Senior High School Principal Karlton O. Johnson stands with four students as he emotionally recounts the lives of two students who died early in January 2013. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
Mourners stand in praise during a prayer led by Pastor Yolette Fabre on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013 at a funeral for four family members who died when their SUV plunged into a Deerfield Beach lake. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
Frandy Paul, left center, and Princeley Dorvil speak lovingly of Guivens Daverman, 16, at a funeral for four family members who died when their car plunged into a Deerfield Beach lake. Paul is the uncle of Guivens, and Princeley, 10, is Guivens's little brother. MARSHA HALPER / Miami Herald Staff
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