Fundraiser Launched For Barnegat Woman Killed In Hit-And-Run

BARNEGAT, NJ — Angeletta Sheppard, known as "Lea" to loved ones, lived out her days with "love and light," her family says. Now, a fundraiser has been launched to help lay her to rest, after she was killed in a hit-and-run earlier this month.

Sheppard's sister-in-law, Alyson Hastings, created the GoFundMe "Please Help Us Give Lea a Beautiful Farewell" to help alleviate some of the burden on her family as they navigate through the details of her final services, Hastings wrote.

"Lea deserves the proper services and I would like to make sure she receives them," Hastings wrote. "Things were never simple with Lea. Those who had the pleasure of having her in their life know we need to send her off the same way she lived out her days, with love and light!"

Sheppard, 33, was hit on the White Horse Pike (Route 30) westbound in Galloway on Thursday, Sept. 12 just before 8 p.m. in the area of Seventh Avenue, authorities previously said. The vehicle involved had left the scene before police arrived, they said.

Darrell Dean, 61, was identified as the driver and charged with leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Read more: Man Charged In Hit-And-Run That Killed Barnegat Woman

The fundraiser has a $10,000 goal.

"We love you Lea and you can now rest in peace," Hastings said.

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